Charlie Brier passed away just about a week after Judy Rider. Yesterday we went to his viewing, paid our respects to his family. It's odd to me that these people are gone. They shouldn't be, yet. But for Charlie it was a blessing. He was very, very sick, and by the end was just in constant pain no matter what. It was time. But that doesn't make it easy to lose a family member right around Christmas. Losing two friends in two weeks, you don't expect.
My system is ready for me to stop eating, so I'm going to try. We went to Frittatta's for lunch, where I had a big breakfast. It was 1:30 pm and I hadn't really eaten, so I was hungry, and had french toast and eggs and bacon and it was good. I'm still full, so Steve says "Want to go out to eat with Nathan at 7 pm?" It's been a long time since I ate, so I should, but I'm still not hungry. So we go to Outback and I get an appetizer of coconut shrimp and that's it. No bread, no salad, nothing else. And I'm stuffed. No dessert even. I love their desserts. But my system is like "STOOOOOP". So maybe I'll try to just take it easy for a day or two here. I feel like a puffer fish. lol
Kaylee says "Let's go to NYC and watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve". I'm like "hahaha no way." Steve starts looking into it, expecting, as I did, to find obstacles and deal breakers. Huh. We CAN get a hotel room--right on Times Square--for a reasonable rate last minute. Huh. We CAN get a car service from the airport to the hotel and back. Airline tickets are way, way more expensive than if we take the Aerostar, which is not unreasonable on fuel costs for this one. The weather seems to be cooperating. Etc. So, Kaylee invited her friend Meredith, and Kaylee, Meredith and I are going to fly to NYC on New Year's Eve. Get a ride to our hotel. Go walk outside and find a good spot to see the stage and ball drop, hopefully. Be outside in the herd of crowds until midnight. Go to sleep. Wake up, eat breakfast somewhere fun in NYC. Fly home. We'll be gone about 24 hours. Steve will stay home and be available in case he's needed here in Kokomo.
I didn't expect that. I used to want to do that at least once. I was going to do it with my Cedarville friend, Kim, in the year 2000. But December 31st, 2000, I was 9 months pregnant with Kaylee, so we aborted the mission. These days, I'd rather watch it at home and be comfortable in good part. But...I've never done it. I'll never do it again. I should do it while I'm young enough to get it done and have the experience. And it's a 24 hour whirlwind mini adventure in the winter, which perks me up. I'm not done doing things yet, so this is something interesting to do. It may be really tough, but you can't say it won't be an adventure. :) So, 24 hours ago I didn't know I was going to New York City. You never know!
I tried to take a photo of our deck from outside at night, but we'd just come back from dinner and I had to beat Steve into the house, so I didn't get to take much time to try to make it any good. Here's what I got. I'll see if I can do better before we take it all down.
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