Auld Lang Syne and all that jazz
posted in Holidays and Festivals |Here it is, almost 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. As usual, we have a sick child (who is getting better), and besides we’re not really party animals, so we’ll have pot roast, toast each other with eggnog, and fall into bed early.
It’s been quite a year Chez Omega. The main event was, of course, the move to Alaska and associated upheavals. The dotter had her first recital, started "real" school, and lost two teeth. OmegaDad is finding his new job challenging and filled with responsibility. I’m slowly getting accustomed to the lack of light, with the continued promise of more light (woot! Today we gained 1 minute and 30 seconds!) lifting my spirits.
Tomorrow, OmegaDad and I will wake up to our 10th anniversary. He and I stared at each other the other day with deer-in-the-headlights looks, realizing that it was our Big Tenth and we hadn’t done anything to prepare. Hopefully in a few more months, we’ll have cemented some budding friendships, so will be able to dump the dotter beg the new friends for some babysitting help and actually go out. Like maybe even overnight?!
Here’s to the passing of 2007 and a wave "hello!" to the new year of 2008. May the year to come be filled with joy and excitement for all my readers. Don’t set yourself too many resolutions, and make sure one or two are the kind of resolution that will be easy to fulfill.
Happy New Year!
