something in the air...

it just doesn't feel like July 4th down here. There's no all-night firecracker extravaganza three days leading up to the date; no parade anywhere near here; no wild party behind my back yard fence; no picnics or smell of charcoaled meats. It is just another day 25 miles north-west of our nation's capitol.

I did notice that the downstairs neighbors have ant traps outside their door too. Guess i'm doing something right.