2005?!?

At the breakfast table this morning, my father informed me that, “Whatever you wanted to get done in 2004, can no longer be done.”
He has such a refreshing way to look at the passing of time.

Around 10’oclock, on New Year’s eve a friend of mine, Liz received a call from a friend of hers on the east coast, wishing her a Happy New Year, Liz told her to call back in two hours as we were still in 2004.
As if her New Year salutation was meaningless.

As we watched the ball drop a family-friend, Gary asked how those people in Time Square were celebrating midnight at the same time as us west coasters??
Not only did 2004 slip out the back door but 2005 came in at the same time all over the world?
I told him I’d been trying to figure that out for years, as I took another drink of my MUCH too strong Korbel.

As I get older the New Year has less and less meaning. I use to get so
excited cause it meant I was getting closer to my birthday and closer to being grown-up, now it’s just uneventful and meaningless. Maybe once I turn 21 the magic will be back??

Happy New Year!
I'm still working on my resolutions.