New Year's Day -- BFD

I hope you'll get down and dirty with the monkeys, soon. You always sound like you need it.

 

totally agree, but i feel that way about all holidays. went to bed last night at 10:30, went to church this morning like every other sunday and watched the football game with my wife and 90 year old mother in law. it doesn't get any better than that!

 

Praying for you D... Happy New Years.

Great start to the new year here... -20F and crystal clear skies. Family health is great and the house is warm. Doesn't get much better than that.

 

-20 50f here today, gotta luv climate change!

 

We don't share much of anything any more, at least we still share New Years. And since it's pagan, religion isn't a divisive force as it might be on other holidays.

For me, it was the opportunity to drink a bit of champagne and cook a meal with my Mother.

This arbitrary celebration—as you put it—was the catalyst for a real one. One which we probably wouldn't have made together otherwise, just because life can be so busy and the days and weeks and months blend together and the year slips by.

It was a chance to look back for once—instead of looking forward, as we do all through the rest of the year—and be thankful for what we have.

That's good enough for me.

 

Well, there's change in tax rules and beginning of a new year of (slightly more expensive) health insurance (at least for me), so it's not entirely without importance.

 

good luck, i hope theo brings you someone better than john lackey and carl crawford.

 

Maybe it's the fact that the only immediate family I have left is my brother, but holidays really don't have much meaning for me anymore. I would have to second the BFD sensation from my stand point. And that even includes the fact that my bday was yesterday. What did I do for it? I worked on (and failed at) a small plumbing item to help prevent standing water in the outside water pipes for the silcock out front. Then, I sat on my butt and watched football. Ironically, I felt exactly the same as I did when I was 29 yrs 364 days old as I did yesterday at an even 30 yrs old.

I think I'll join Daniel in the 3rd item he's hoping for. Really, it's great exercise, and you always feel good afterward.

 

Happy Birthday! We are your family.

 

i have never celebrated my birthday. or any day for that matter. and i have too much family. mostly on my wife's side.

 

People seek routine, and when they have it they hate routine. New years celebrates the irrationality (or contradictory nature) of man.

Enjoy what you can out of it. I'm just sorry to see it devolve in drunkeness.

 

i ran into some neighbors down the street when i was out walking today. they were bragging that they were still trying to recover from new years eve.arty:

 

I treat New Year's as sort of a benchmark in my life and those I know. I've tracked my time at the 5 mile Los Gatos Resolution Run for the past 15 years. It's interesting to see who shows up, who doesn't, and how well we all do.

Ten years ago I managed a 9 minute/mile pace, while this year it was 13 minute/mile. Four years ago all I could manage was a 16 minute mile, and skipped even trying for 2 years. This year I was a few minutes faster than last, while reaching a heart rate of only 177 as opposed to 186 when I was actually slower.

One friend who's usually there with her husband came by herself. I don't even dare ask her how things are going, as his doctors are running out of things to cut out of him. She's slowing down, but still faster than I could reasonably ever expect to run myself. Several other friends who are usually there didn't show up.

Since it's an out-and-back course, you get to see everyone who's ahead of (and behind) you. The obvious winner was this young guy running what must have been a sub-5 pace. He was literally several minutes ahead of a pack of about 5 equally young guys. I was at the border between the walk/joggers and the walk-onlys. A friend who was helping with the finishing board pointed out that I could win the 70+ age group in 3 years by just finishing. Last one standing wins...

 

Happy New Year's to you too, Eeyore.

Yeah, it's all arbitrary - light and dark, Summer and Winter, life and death - who's to say where one really ends and the other begins?

True, it would make more sense to celebrate Solstice than letting your life be ruled by numbers on a page. Think of it as looking forward to longer, warmer days, and more hiking. That should be reason enough to feel better, whether you call it Solstice, Christmas, or New Year's

 

about four more months in these parts.

 

Thanks spidey. Ironically, I tend to fit in better with some of the people here than those in my own family lol.

 

Sadly I understand what you mean.