2006, here we come

Today is the day where more people than you knew existed emerge from their lives and party till midnight in one big universal consent to stay up late. (Where do they even find all those people to come outside on the streets of New York City and Chicago and do all that yelling?) I will be at Lauren's house in San Jose with my family and a bunch of other cool homeschoolers, but I'm also in St. Louis and Colorado Springs and Wisconsin, in spirit. Here's a toast to wild and crazy nights, hyperactivity, noise, and laughter. Let loose! Because tomorrow is the beginning of a whole new year. It's a new chance to start over and do everything right this time. It's your chance to make resolutions and have all the best intentions of following them. In reality, though, we know that like any battle, this coming year is going to be messy. It's going to be alternatively exciting, overwhelming, boring, painful, hillarious, scary, beautiful, and not to be underestimated. For me, and actually most of the people I know, it's a year of transition--graduation, moving to a new city, starting a new life, meeting new people...

All I can say at this point is Good Luck! We're all going to need it.