December 30, 2013
At Year’s End

First off, they really should move New Year’s off of a Wednesday. Seriously, it is crimping the whole week; just move it to Thursday. Take one of those leap year days in February and just tack it on the end of December. It doesn’t matters whether it is December 32nd or February 29th, but it does matter that New Year’s falls on a Wednesday. It really makes scheduling work and life a giant pain in the ass. 

Second, ever since being indoctrinated into the (American) school year, this still doesn’t feel like the beginning of the year. My life is still on the school year calendar which starts in September after Labor Day (the end of summer in New Jersey). This just feels like a midyear break since it’s cold and we had a bunch of holidays so why not tack another one on. Here, have some champagne while you freeze your nuts off here in the Northern Hemisphere. If the new year started in September with the school year, you could have possibly gone swimming without it being a polar bear plunge.

The time between Christmas and New Year’s is a stretch of the holiday spirit for me. Since it’s been Christmas since August, what’s another week? It’s the turn towards a reflective time since the big number at the end of the date ticks upward. I have some ideas for what I want in 2014, but I still need to put 2013 to bed. Closure, as you will, for a year that has had some tremendous highs and lows in my personal life. 

One more day, then a ball drop, champagne, and sleep in. Sounds good to me.

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