To add to more tiredness, cleaning for a party, busy during while cutting watermelon and putting out food, and cleaning up after...it was exhausting.
A little awkward because I didn't really know anyone who came (they were friends of Black and Cameron). Which meant I hid in the kitchen and made myself busy there for a good part of the beginning to avoid having to go see the guests.
But let's talk the food. The food tasted amazing. Lots of spicy food (yum), and there was fresh fruit! At 9pm, we all went up to the rooftop and watched fireworks from there. Seeing the horizon, unbroken, across all the buildings, I felt on top of the world, both metaphorically and actually. It was a humid day (it was only cool because it had rained several times on and off today) and consequently, the fireworks looked muffled because of the fog (smog?) from the humidity (and pollution?). There were random points of fireworks from all directions, but the largest one was the "real" DC fireworks show, and these fireworks exploded far above the horizon of buildings.
There were the traditional fireworks. The circles, even the weeping willows and the shimmering lights. There were the stars that zigzagged and others that were pops of color. However, I saw fireworks I had never seen before, such as those in the shapes of the letters U and S (I didn't see an A) and smiley face fireworks.
I didn't dare approach the edge of the building, because we were on the 7th floor of the apartment and I'm terribly afraid of heights. Thankfully there was only a very gentle breeze, which put my fears somewhat at ease, but I still made sure to stay a good 6 feet away from the edge.
It was a good night. Long day, long night, but it was a 4th of July well-spent, even if I didn't go to downtown DC for a parade or fireworks show.
Some very poor-quality pictures below.
View of the buildings
I tried to take pictures of the fireworks...
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