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some new thoughts Last night was far from festive, but I hadn't made any plans for it to be that way. Not having to be at work was enough to make me happy. To be honest it felt like any other night to me since I didn't have the television on to remind me that the year was ending. Then when the magic hour did roll by I was half asleep. The other night I had asked Nicole what she would be doing for New Year's Eve and she said that she'd be sleeping. Now that the time has come and gone, I'd have to say that she had the right idea and I don't mean that in a sad way either. My days of partying are over and I'd rather welcome the new year holding a woman that I love in my arms than be surrounded by drunken strangers making noise. Maybe that makes me strange, but that is what I prefer. If I could have held Nicole and told her that I loved her and she me, then the night would have been special. I wouldn't have wanted anything else. When 1996 started, it was just the woman that I loved at the time and me together in bed. We couldn't have been happier. The world had shrunk down to just two people and that was all that we needed. It was an experience that has not been repeated on that night of the year. ... Since I am who I am, I had to look back at what I wrote about the final night when people are expected to party. From what I read, I saw that I was at home busy watching movies last year and the year before that one. This time however I wasn't watching movies. Instead of sitting through a stack of rentals, I sat through some more of the Steven Spielberg mini series Taken that my aunt and uncle had taped for me off of cable television. Three fourths of the way through the series, I have to say that I'm not as excited by it as they seemed to be, but it is better than other programs that I have seen. An hour into the new year, Jen called to wish me a happy new year. Then as we usually do, we talked for an hour or so. She was a little disappointed to hear that I had stayed in for the night, but I told her that I didn't mind. When she called she had just gotten back from a bar after seeing some movies earlier in the night. It sounded nice, but I didn't regret being home. |