The 4th of July is a weird day for me. A couple of my cats get completely terrified and I like to be at home to soothe them. It's pitiful, how frightened they get.
My husband is a Vietnam vet and does not do well with the booming fireworks. He gets so anxious. He'll come over for awhile, but the best part of the 4th is when I turn the lights out, which calms the cats, and go to bed.
When I was a kid people used legal fireworks and the shows were so pretty. Now there are complete jerks who keep setting off very loud, illegal fireworks. It's scary. I'm always worried the illegal fireworks will start a fire. I get angry because I have called the cops about illegal fireworks that were so loud my windows were rattling. Every year there are stories on the local news about how "this year the police are cracking down on illegal fireworks," but they never do.