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Sparks

Sunday, July 6, 2:42 PM

I forgot to fill you guys in didn't I? Well, on Friday night. I was distressed that my father went off with his friends and I was scared he wouldn't make it back in time. But as things turned for the best, when Gayle was dropped off by her parents, my dad's car pulled up to the driveway. We went to my aunt's house and was I shocked to see, I was the earliest one there. My little cousins, Duy-Anh and Kim let us try out their Wii games. They really do have so many. It wasn't into an hour or later when Elena, Johnny, and the other guests arrived. Meanwhile, Gayle and I were walking down my aunt's lovely neighborhood. It was a bit chilly; I was sipping on coconut juice along the walk. When the two of us came back to the house, there were some of my cousins, and some of my aunts. Gayle and I ate more food. I was really into the shrimp eggrolls during the night. Gayle and I sparked an idea: we needed JID! So we called Nguyen, and I worked my magic on the relatives. We waited for a bit, after Nguyen called us back to pick her up. It was fun. We did so many things that night. We looked at the sky, but really, you can't see much from where we were at. The fireworks weren't high enough so we could see it. The balcony got cold for us, so we stayed down. The youngsters were watching the sky. The parents were still eating, and discussing family plans. There were other families from the neighborhood nearby, but it was convenient for us to live close to the edge. As one person put it, "It looked like the buildings were imploding/lighting up." The girls and I bonded, we started a bonfire, we talked. Everyone got along fairly well. It was a nice July 4th. Going home, I could see the fireworks just as I would if I had been home.