Okay, be honest. When you read that title did you hear Billie Holiday, or did you hear Sublime?
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Happy first day of Summer everyone! I love this time of year, when the summer and all of it’s events spread deliciously before us. It is even sunny today, so I don’t have to use my imagination to picture it all. Camping! Sitting beside my mom’s pool! Eating and drinking outside!
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We moved into our house 6 months ago today. In a way it seems like we’ve been there forever, but I’m reminded by little things that this is indeed our first year there.
Our house is what we like to call ghetto-adjacent. Let’s be clear, though. Tacoma’s ‘ghetto’ is nothing like what you might find in a proper big city. Unless you’re from this area, you could probably drive through our neighorhood and never have any idea that Hilltop, as our neighbohood is called, was the ‘bad’ part of town. We feel completely safe here, but sometimes I am reminded that even some of our friends and family think we live in Compton, as evidenced by the scurrying to their cars or the requests to watch them get in.
ANYway, it is now Summertime, and it is interesting how much more activity there is outside of our house. We thought there was a lot in December when we moved in, but now that it’s warmer, there are all kinds of characters roaming about. As it’s gotten warmer and we’ve started sleeping with the windows open, we’ve been surprised by how busy the streets are at night. We often hear talking, yelling, fighting, singing, and even freestyle rapping (which totally rules). All this quiets down around midnight, though, when the classical music starts. We don’t know where it’s coming from, but it sure is nice. I know it is someone’s idea of a crime deterrant (it’s hard to stand around looking tough with Mozart blaring in the background), and it’s probably further proof of our ghetto non-adjacent-ness, but I enjoy it just the same.
