Less than ten minutes to go before we ring in 2019, here in the US Pacific Northwest! Some of the neighbors are already shooting off fireworks...
Happy 2019!
2018 was a pretty difficult and often trying year, here are our household. Ironically, even in its last gasps, 2018 seemed to cling to setbacks and screwups.
We were going to go out and eat Chinese for New Year's eve — a tradition we started over a decade ago. And what happened? Our favorite place here in town was closed; not because it was New Year's Eve, but because Monday is their regular closing day. The other Chinese place in town — our back-up choice — was also closed, because the owner has family visiting from Taiwan. Oh well... good intentions, and all that stuff.
We looked at each other and laughed. "How VERY 2018, to end like that!"
Now it's time to go open the champagne and count down the final few minutes till midnight.
Thanks for your readership and support in 2018... now it's time to close the book on the old year.
See you guys on the other side!
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Created at 181231 23:56 PST
