New Year's Eve

Oddly, since we really got started as a couple at a New Year’s Eve party, my wife and I do not normally go out for New Year’s Eve.

There was one year we were on vacation on January 1st and we spent the day at EPCOT. I know that sounds crazy and it was crowded to the point where they stopped letting more people into the park. Each represented country handed out noisemakers and when the hour reached midnight in that nation there were kids running around, well, making noise.

At midnight local time everyone was crowded around the lake in the middle to see the fireworks. My wife and I found a spot with a good view that was a little apart from the throng just by virtue of landscaping. It was a good crowd, a good show and everyone was excited and the atmosphere was festive. Things were noisy and colorful and crowded and crazy. It was a rare and raucous occasion and it was fun.

All around it was a fun New Year’s Eve with good fireworks, and it would have been worth dealing with the mass of humanity if for no other reason than that we got to see several hundred people dancing the Macarena.

I told you it was crazy, and that should give you some idea of when this happened.

I don’t oppose the idea of going out for New Year’s Eve, it’s just never been a tradition for us. I don’t really care where I am or how loud or quiet the celebration is as long as I am with my wife. That’s where I’ll be spending this New Year’s Eve.

However you plan on celebrating I hope you have very good New Year’s Eve and a very happy New Year.