I may have been pouting a teeny, tiny bit on the days leading up to 4th of July weekend, but looking back at it--that was just flat out stupid. I tripped on my lower lip a few times because I was going to be out of town for work and jealous of all my friends that were spending their long weekend at the lake. That's what I wanted to do. But. If you have to travel anywhere for Independence Day besides

Christmas, Halloween, (my birthday), 4th of July, and Hoopfest are by far my favorite holidays--in that order. So when the last weekend of June arrives, it's like the kickoff to the better half of my year... that just so happens to get progressively better. I've always been a save-the-best-for-last kind of girl. Now, I know that Hoopfest is not a holiday, technically. But it should be, especially