High school 3rd

Leina's 4th of July was unremarkable, involving the Marin County Fair (where you can purchase organic onion rings and fair-trade cotton candy).

Leina's 3rd of July was more interesting. After almost bailing on the cookout at Erica's, she cancelled obon practice and came--an hour late--with Charles. This wasn't a Lowell reunion somuch as a Hoover reunion. Hoover is a middle school in San Francisco where all attendees went, aside from Erica, who is an honorary memeber. 'But wait,' you may say. 'Wasn't Leina a member of the Aptus Posse?' A justifiable question, which deserves clarification. Aptus is a different middle school (short for Bartholomew P. Aptus, the famous swine rancher), and Leina is only an honorary member. But more about Aptus later.

At the cookout, Leina was in top form. Shortly after arriving, Leina accused Tony of sneezing into the food. It was just the scrape of the spatula against the grill--Tony was just flipping his home-ground, grass fed burger. In an act of revenge, he later dropped Charles' burger on the ground. Then, while everyone else was in a tablewide conversation, Leina borrowed Serena's cell phone to call someone and counsel her about what to wear that evening.

Steven Dodson, Will, Andy, and Serena were there, along with assorted significant others. Steven refused to play Boggle with Will, Amy, and Annie, but kept up the banter with the non-players. Leina arrived in the middle of the Boggle game and spectated for awhile.

About 9, Leina and Charles left so they could hang out with Khalil and Aptus Posse. It was Khalil's birthday, and they were going out to Storyville, but the venue was changed to an undisclosed location. They made it there about 11:00 because they got stuck on the bridge coming back into the City. Leina drank a cosmopolitan and did a little dancing, but mostly leaned against the wall with Charles nodding her head to the music. Serena, another honorary member of the Aptus Posse, arrived around 1:00, but by that time Leina was ready for bed.