Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July. Pardon me if I sound a little cynical, but exactly what is this celebration about? Ah, who cares, it’s party time, right? I got in a nice, long hike around the lake yesterday afternoon. I s’pose no trip out and about is complete without running into a few friends, and I barely got out of the parking lot before I was honked at by one girl, a Taurus, then a few blocks later, before I even got on the trail, another mystery (Sagittarius) woman, then, before I was done with my six miles, yet another one was there in a big red truck (must be a Virgo). I started paying rent here, at Shady Acres, for a spot to park a trailer, in June, three years ago. Last year I was doing to the weird “near death experience” and sequestered in a recovery room in Dallas. The year before, the old tenant hadn’t moved off the trailer pad yet. But finally, three years later, I finally get to sit on my patio and watch fireworks. Going to be a good day.