It's been a week, I can tell you that much.
Independence Day is my favorite holiday, hands-down. This year, a bit of a wash due to the rain and some other circumstances. I think I'm becoming a hermit.
The neighbors are great. Very friendly, all of them. I just don't feel like I relate to them. Being with them all at once is hard, since they all know each other well enough that I'm still a bit of an outsider. I've never really been good at winning people over in groups first, although I think I can hold my own one-on-one. But I've never had the chance to do that with these folks, and I don't know how I would....
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