Awaking the giant part II

My little town keeps transforming before my eyes. The city has annoyingly converted the turning lane on Junction and Lazelle streets into another lane going east on Lazelle and north on Junction. You don't go very long without hearing the rumble of a motorcycle. All the cars, cycles, and people are like busy ants preparing all over the main streets filling the town with lots of activity. Main street is coming alive as tattoo parlors and souvenir shoots come back from the dead. The empty parking lots are filling with vendors selling shirts and others selling food. Our quiet and nearly always absent neighbors are moving trailers and picnic tables into their yards. Even my own store is transforming, shedding the front windows for counters to sell over. We're in the process of shifting our merchandise around to prepare for the big week. I'm getting anxious and a little excited as it gets nearer. I'll probably hate a lot of it, but I'll enjoy people watching and making money, of course. Tomorrow I start the 14 (or more) day marathon!

This is Lazelle where they've taken the turning lane to lessen congestion somewhat. I don't know; I kind of liked our turning lane. I hear it's going to take at least half an hour to get across town when it usually takes 5 - 10 minutes. Whoopdedoo.