Happy New Year!

The year ending was challenging, but it was a great year none-the-less. It was a year of meeting people, many times face-to-face.

First came the get-together in February at Sassy & Fran's. Despite Amanda coming down with fever, it was an enjoyable trip. It is always great when you can be with people in person.

The second was our trip across the South in June, when we met up with Sharon and Ms. A in AL. Then we made a stop in MS to spend time with Syd & K on their farm. On our drive back we met up with Ting & Caly from the LL board at iVillage.com and spent a night with them in TN.

And third was the Lesbian NASCAR Camping weekend. Oh man, you haven't lived until you have done a NASCAR weekend. I'm just saying.

Yeah. I know what you REALLY think.

My sleep is all out of whack from all the traveling and driving. I was taking Coricidin-D during the PA leg of our trip and should not have been. I have a thyroid condition. I was WIDE awake last night. Read a very interesting article on futurology. There's a story there for another time.

We put about 2,600 miles on Judy (she had fresh tires and excellent grip). And we put another 600 miles on a rental car (family van for the weekend in Memphis with the kids). We got back to East Jesus at about 9:00 Sunday night. I slept late this morning and took Amanda shopping this afternoon. The three of us met our friend Susan for an early dinner at a Japanese steakhouse. While there we decided to see a movie, Charlie Wilson's War.

It was a pretty good film. A liberal point of view, but an approrpiate one in my opinion. Considering who wrote, produced and directed it--that will be the major distraction used to find fault with the film. This is unfortunate.

We were home by 9:30.

So, not wanting just yet to get to work on everything due Wednesday, I decided to assemble my hookah. It came with no instructions, so I went looking.

Though I have plenty of bong experience (those two and a half years between high school graduation and when, having just turned twenty, I began college), a hookah is an entirely different matter.

I'm trying the molasses tobacco. It is very sticky and has the appearance of pulverized dates. It's wonderful.

Any time you find yourself in East Jesus, stop in and I'll bring out the hookah. It also travels in a really cool carrying case.


As for 2008? Bring it on!

I, for one, am excited!