...our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation...
I was going to title this entry "51 Sodas", but it just didn't seem to go. Though that's apparently how many cans of soda it takes to put on a couple of small ID BBQs.
I was tasked to bring 36 cans of cheap soda to an evening 4th event at a friend's place. But when I went shopping I couldn't make up my mind as to what flavors to get, so I bought a 12-pack of each flavor available, for a total of seven 12-packs (or 84 sodas). So it was a few more sodas than I needed, but it worked out. I ended up providing sodas at an early afternoon event (at my dad's) as well. And I only have 33 of the 84 left after the two events, so it wasn't so terrible to have gotten so many, though I'll be drinking cheap soda at home for awhile to come.
I did learn, statistically, what flavors moved best, so next time I need to get sodas for a social gathering, I'll have some measure. Though my results are children-skewed. There were a lot of kids at the evening festivities, so I'm sure that had the most to do with the fact that Orange and Fruit Punch were the best sellers. This was followed by Root Beer, Mountain Dew (I only had 2, so it wasn't me), and Sprite. Cola and Dr. Pepper (the big surprise) were the least consumed carbonated beverages.
The girls had a good time watching the fireworks brought by one of the other guests, as well as the sparklers, strobes, smoke bombs, and party poppers I got them, and the snaps from their mother. But I think they had the most fun swimming. They played in the pool a few hours, right up until it got dark, and still didn't want to get out.
Probably the most interesting (non-festive) event was the slowed-departure of one of the other guests. Fortunately there was a tractor on-hand. Had that happened to me, there wouldn't have been a tractor.
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