happy new year?

by scout.

To write on or even about New Years presents a special problem of avoiding sentimentality and cliches.  It is a demanding task that involves constant reminders of reality, which can be a rare thing to come by these days.  

Today I wake up to find E gone.  This isn't a surprise since I drove her to the airport yesterday, but still it is the morning after and I miss her not being downstairs.  No more trips into town to hang out all day.  Now, before I go making us pull out the hankies again (and I don't mean fans of the actor), this is also a good thing.  WHAAAAAAAAT?  You may ask.  

Thank you for asking.  It is a good thing because we both have so much that we need to do and right now, we are taken in different directions in order to be brought back together.  

Silver lining and all.

Welcome back home E!  Feel that Australian sunshine and take enough in for all of us here.  Hug your family and dance in your bedroom!  Jump on your bed--it won't leak or pop!  Visit your friends and catch up on everyone's lives!  Get a tan and send photos!  And miss us and remember all our wonderful memories here.  Ok, ok, I know I've stepped clear into the sentimental waters.  That's life.