Today being the 4th of July, Independence Day for all us in the Good Ole USA, it makes it worse.
Because the city I live in, Fireworks in town limits are illegal. There are some special circumstances. Like the giant fireworks show put on by some churches/companies/large groups that get permission and have Firefighters on standby in case something goes wrong.
It also means getting drunk for some. Not for me because I obviously am at work, but for others. Bars are open in Texas until 1am, unless you are in a dry county that doesn't allow stores to sell any alcohol, in which case you travel to the nearest wet county that does.
Anyway.
Our bar here at the Hotel is open until one. Which is always fun because it means it takes longer for all the paperwork to get done, and for everything to wind down.
Tonight I got to call the PD because I got a call from another room saying that it sounded like the room next door was having a domestic situation.
Now normally we don't like to get involved in that sort of thing, but when another guest from a different room calls and complains you can be dang sure that we are going to take care of the issue.
We did, and if said guest causes anymore complaint calls to be made, I get to call the PD back and she will get hauled away to jail.
Just another day at the Good Ole Hotel.
On a different, more exciting note!
The Women's FIFA, which I follow because I am all for women in sports and being BA and amazing in anything that a woman decides to do, has the World Cup Finals going on in Vancouver, Canada. They've been playing for a while, since June 6, in Canada because that's where FIFA was held this year for the women.
And the finalists?
USA and Japan.
Now USA played Australia on June 8th and beat them 3-1 in the USA's first game of the series.
That same day Japan played Switzerland and beat them 1-0 in their first game of the series.
The next time they played on the 12th of June
USA Tied with Sweden
Japan beat Cameroon 2-1
The 16th of June:
Ecuador VS Japan : 0-1
Nigeria VS USA: 0-1
And the first stage was complete!
The second stage, which is determining the placements has gone like this:
USA VS Columbia : 2-0
Japan VS the Netherlands : 2-1
China PR VS USA :0-1
Australia VS Japan : 0-1
USA VS Germany : 2-0
Japan VS England :2-1
England and Germany battled it out today with England scoring the first goal in Extended Time and also taking third place! It seemed to come across as a really big surprise to most that England defeated Germany.
Of course this could more than likely be due to the fact that Germany is a two-time FIFA champ, with an extremely strong defense! It took two extra times, but England, thanks to Williams scored the penalty goal, and they succeeded in blocking the attempt by Germany.
Way to go Ladies!!! Amazing game!!
The USA and Japan teams battle it out for first and second today July 5th at 16:00. I will be eagerly awaiting the final score, and I will definitely be looking forward to reading all of the transcripts and play-by-plays, not to mention seeing the videos of the game! I am not able to watch it because I'll be asleep, but hey I work nights!
FIFA World Cup 2018 will be played in Russia!
So far it looks like the Qualifiers are Canada, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Those are the teams that won the qualifying rounds in June. The next qualifying rounds are to be held on Sept. 3rd, and I will look forward eagerly to those winners as well!
Of course two days after that I will be flying to Oregon to see my Best Friend and my God Daughter, who I am currently calling, with the most affection, the Little Beastie.
I leave you with this because it amuses me intensely:
-Jacq
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