and another one bites the dust....

I'm always highly amused at the end of the year to go back and read journals for how I spent the last several new years' ...so I thought for EVERYONE'S bloody amusement, I would share how I've spent the last couple of days. Yesterday, I had an ENT appt. He was pleased, says everything in the throat/neck looks good - WAHOO! Then I cruised to Ames' to visit with her and Byron and Baby Jackson who just gets cuter every day- missed him while I was away! Went back home for rest and "caloric intake" then to the mothership for a mocha, perusing pretty books and writing. There's this stellar book I've found for Gretchen (shhhhh don't tell her) that I'll pick up later. After that to Susie and John's for "game night." Usually that phrase doesn't have a positive spin, memories of church socials and control freaks, but the Coppeans are laid back, so it was all good - played this game called "Hear it" or something like that - in the line of the new bonding games - lots of fun - WAY too many rules so we scrapped half of them within a couple of hours - but hey Susie and I won -that's the important part!! You'd think I'd go home and go to bed, but no - head over to Jackson and Brian's for more play- as always just laughed my head off before getting in fierce competitive mode over "You don't know Jack." The thing is, Jackson's smarter than I am- I'm never going to admit that to him , and he never reads this, but it makes for rowdy and raucous rounds of this game.

Slept oh so late today - going back to work is going to be tricky the first couple of days - checked in with various people, and am now at Nathan's doing laundry and my nails while getting ready to pop in West Wing season 3. Watching his "animal house" roomates trying to decide where they're going to lunch was just television worthy - finally I just told them they were going to Ryans - woo yeast rolls.

Tonight's plans at this point are to do a drop in at Todd and Chad's - which will be fabulous! Then to find Gretchen and Jeremy and roll with whatever flow.

Happy New Year to all