New Year’s

I got to spend New Year’s with some friends that are stationed here and we had a great time.  I was in charge of bringing the champagne which was a little more difficult than I had anticipated.  It turns out I’ve never had champagne and there are an enormous amount of choices when you go to the Class Six to pick some up.  When you get to the store, no one wants to be that person who doesn’t know anything about what they are buying; that will just suck all the cool right out of you.  First, I didn’t know where the champagne was in the store.  I figured it would be near the wines because it’s just a bubbly wine and the only way I found it was I knew they had a foil wrap on the top that covered the wire that holds the cork in place.

Once I found it, I found that I had no idea what I was looking at.  There were champagnes from $11 to much more than that.  I figured I’d follow the age-old mantra: “if it costs more, it’s bound to be higher quality”.  It worked out pretty well.  I also found out I’m not really a champagne partisan.

The days after New Year’s were spent just doing the normal.  Work, reading, running and hanging out with friends.

I have had to tape up three of my fingers because the dry air combined with sports in the cold have split the ends of a few of my fingers open.  It turns out that makes it significantly more difficult to write with pen/pencil and paper as the writing utensil keeps slipping.  If there was only some sort of way I could injure less critical fingers.  It only seems to happen to my thumb and forefinger; my theory is it’s because those are the fingers that most actively attempt to catch basketballs, volleyballs or other sports items.

Every weekend, I make a silent promise to myself that I will not not shave; every weekend I decide it would be much easier just to wait until Sunday morning to give it a go.  I have GOT to break this cycle at some point.

Everyone have a happy New Year!