Brief Notes from the World Cup Win

Kari Martindale

July 14, 2014January 5, 2015

Very quick notes from a small town the morning after the World Cup win…

This, in our newspaper holder this morning:

At the end of the game, fireworks surrounded the house in every direction for the first half hour steady. Random fireworks and firecrackers continued to go off for over an hour and a half.
This explanation of why the firecrackers sounded like they were just outside the house:

Me: almost falling off the toilet when giant fireworks started going off just blocks away. As in, Fourth of July-sized fireworks. Outside the bathroom window.
People in the street: shouting, singing, running. For hours.
Cars: driving around town honking their horns for two hours, occasionally with screaming fans leaning out the windows.
Cleanup crews were out this morning, starting some time before 0730, causing stopped traffic at the traffic circle where people celebrate the wins.

Sequoia didn’t make it through the first half of the first half. At least this preempted a difficult wakeup. For her, at least.
The morning after the recent Germany win, the high school went in an hour late. I’m waiting to hear if they went in at all today.
The streets were dead this morning. Presumably the town is hung over.

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Kari Martindale

Kari Martindale likes words, so she uses them a lot. Kari sits on the Board of Maryland Writers' Association and is involved with various nonprofits. She writes spoken word poetry, children's books, and other stuff, like whatever blog post you just read. Kari has visited over 35 countries and all 50 States, and is always planning her next road trip. She likes her family a lot; they tolerate her just fine.

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