I love that time of the year when for two weeks I smell everyday of gunpowder and sweat, spend hours outside selling my expertise on the knowledge of firepower, and guzzle up to 120 ounces of water a day. Firework Selling Season! My uncle owns the stand and has had me selling fireworks since I was about twelve years old. I absolutely love it. I love the manual labor of hauling boxes, working outside and playing saleswoman. The best part is seeing and working with family that I haven't seen since Christmas. One of the benefits of working there for so long is knowing everything there is to know about fireworks, still deciding what to do with all this now useless knowledge stored in my head!Sadly, this is my last year to work with the family. I had the opportunity to live in Enid with my parents for 2.5 weeks, and focus on working the stand. Every 4th of July the average person usually cooks out, relaxes and shoots off fireworks. My normal 4th of July is working a 12 hours shift in the heat, and catching tidbits of the local displays in the distance. Wouldn't trade it for a thing. I have had some amazing times, great memories and made some great money! Even though I will always miss the stand every year at this time, we're definitely looking forward to next year engaging in a normal 4th of July!
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