I feel the same. Even when it comes to crafts that I have no interest in pursuing myself, I can appreciate the creativity and skill that they require. I have no interest in doing cross-stitch and it’s not the sort of thing I want hanging on my wall, but a well-executed piece leaves me in awe. Similarly, I’m sure there are folks who wouldn’t want one of my knitted or crocheted afghans across their sofa, but when I make them, the pleasure is mine.
I’m doing that now with my trashy historical romances - it’s like revisiting old friends after a long absence.
The sliders worked out well and I have a few left over that we may consume today. Daughter took the twice leftover mac-n-cheese home with her - yay! She’s brought cake, which led to some messes in the dining room - I need to clean the chairs that the kids used - the arms especially are sticky. Oh, and Trevor hiked his leg on a dining room chair. So I’ll be pulling out the carpet cleaner to spot-clean there and under where the kids sat.
We had an hour-long (more or less) shower move thru starting at 7 last night. A bit before 8 it was done, so I moved 3 buckets of dirt to the driveway in front of FCD’s shop. We took the kids out and let them stick sparklers in the dirt buckets, then used a propane torch to light them off. oooooooo aaaaaaaah OK, not all that impressive, but the kids liked poking the sparklers in the dirt. They also liked throwing down the pop-its, but the ones that landed in puddles didn’t pop, and idiot Trevor ate a few. I sure hope he doesn’t fart!! 
While we were out there, the boom-booms around the area started. Tobias would occasionally stop and ask “What’s that?” and Trevor didn’t seem to care at all, Higgs never came out - poor old lady… But once all the sparklers and poppers were used, Daughter rounded up her crew and went home. Today is her RDO so she’s getting a 4-day weekend. The kids, however, will be going to school/camp.
The booms continued in the area and we could sorta hear them in the house. If they went off after 10, I didn’t hear them - I crashed. I was tahred. Still, I woke right around 5, read in bed for a bit, then got up around 6:30 to tend to Higgs. Not sure what today will hold, except for the usual Firday laundry. A mid-week holiday messes with my head - I woke thinking it was Sunday. As if days matter to a RDOS! 
Anyway, that’s the plan, as far as it goes. Oh, and I need to tidy the basement - the grands left a mess. Luckily it’s toys that will be tossed into bins and stuck into cubbies. I just don’t know how many bins - it looked like a minor disaster.
We’re promised 99° today with a heat index of 111°. Definitely and indoor day. Happy Firday!
I left for my BFFs’ at around 4:45, and there was very heavy rain for the entire 25-minute drive. Luckily, though, that was the worst of it, and by the time the neighborhood fireworks started at 9pm it was dry enough for us to sit at the top of their driveway and watch. But it was too wet for Husband BFF to want to use the charcoal grill outside, so burgers were cooked on an electric griddle/grill. They turned out fine, and the corn on the cob and roasted potatoes were likewise yummy. I don’t get to see those friends very often because of Wife BFF’s pervasive health issues, and I hadn’t seen my “nephew”'s GF (who goes to college in TX and is staying with them for the summer [her folks currently live in London]) since New Year’s, so it was good to hang out with everyone. I didn’t get home until almost 10:30, and spent some time on the couch decompressing with an episode of 
! – and at 1:30 I’ll head to a mammogram. After that, I have no plans until tomorrow at 1pm when I go to a gig rehearsal. There will be more Lego assemblage this evening. 
But I made some hours, so I’m happy. Now the laundry is drying, and Spot is doing Mysterious Cat ThingsTM, so it’s nap time.