Ringing in the New Year

Well it is official. We are old fuddy-duddies. I don't know when this happened. It may have snuck up on us quietly but I would definitely have to acknowledge the official time as 10:50 p.m. last night when we went to bed instead of staying up to ring in the New Year.

As midnight hit this is what we were doing...

Well...that's not entirely true. That is what we WISHED we were doing but we were woken up by all of the wilder people in our neighborhood who had much more energy and life in their bodies. The sound of their fireworks scared us awake and kept us awake for the next half hour.

I must admit to being a little jealous that they could stay up for fireworks. After too many late nights with sick kids we just couldn't face another one however and snuggled into bed treating New Year's Eve like any other.

I told my sister that I haven't made any resolutions for the New Year. But that isn't entirely true. I have some secret resolutions. I don't want to say them out loud or write them down. That way I won't be too disappointed if I don't keep them right? :)

Change is hard. It is hard to accept and hard to accomplish. But the beauty of a new day and a new year is the opportunity to try again.