It's the last few days of the year and I'm figuratively cleaning house. Okay, a little bit literally as well.
This time between Solstice/Christmas/*insert holiday* and New Year's Day always seems like an at-home vacation to me. I do things that I enjoy and that scratch my tidy-bone. I get out the new calendars, make a few lists, do lots of laundry, think about the new year, and delight in the fact that I can claim it to be Winter for nearly the next three months.
Tomorrow is our 20th anniversary. We haven't made plans yet. TO23 and I are chatting about it online right now. Since it falls midweek, he will come home early from work and go in later the next day.
Edited to add: We booked a room at the Hilton, which is next to the restaurant that has been my nostalgic favorite for 36 years. (My mom worked there when I was four. When she couldn't get a babysitter, I would sit in the kitchen and prep placemats, napkins, etc for the bussers. I adored the fancy restroom and was told that I sometimes slept on one of the benches in the powder room. I remember that I loved to sit at the make-up table and pretend that I was checking my face and hair.)
I don't know why I am so excited about the new year. I have always believed that each day, each moment is a chance to make a change in your life or the lives of others. More on that in a few days.
Still, 2010, I am getting ready to welcome you.
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