A message to all: Don't stop writing. Because of one thing or another, a lot of people aren't blogging because they think that people aren't going to want to hear/read it. Well, I think that as much as this is for other people to read on the boring nights, it's for you to write down your own thoughts. Sure, you don't want to offend anyone, but seriously, I think your blog should be a place where you can write down what's going on in your head so you can think about things more rationally.

My New Years was so much better then I thought it was going to be. You probably won't find this very often, but I have spent every New Year with my family and family friends. Except for slight changes over the years, the people and place(s) have remained they same. One thing that I really like about that is while everyone is calling to find out what they are going to do (New Year's is really overrated), I have my plans all figured out, and I know I'm going to have fun. Sure, there have been times when I felt bad for not being able to go to a get together that someone had had, but overall, I love my New Year's tradition. This year, however, one of the families in our group when out of town. Because of this and that, everyone decided to do their own thing this year. It was one of the weirdest feelings-- to not be with all those people. Enough babbling... Marie and Alison came over and we had some good times listening to the Beach Boys and being girlfriends. New Year's really turned out better then expected.

It's 2004. '04. WHAT? '04 always felt like SO far away, and yet- here it is. No matter what I tell myself, or how much denial I want to inflict, the big year is here. Woah. Life just keeps moving so fast. AHH.

Reminiscing of elementary life--