In recent years, I’ve gone out to dinner with my parents on New Year’s Eve. This year was no different. Jake is still in, so he went, too. It was just the four of us. We went to The Boulevard Grill, which is always great. Afterward, I dropped Jake off …
I usually put up an artificial tree, but this year Jake and I cut down a tree from my yard. For whatever reason, JARI was handing out seedlings many years ago, and Brian got one, so I planted it in the back yard. It turned out to be one of …
Another Thanksgiving is in the books. I hosted again this year; I guess that’s my thing now. Jake, my parents, and my brother and his family were in attendance. No Amelia this year–she had to stay at school because it’s her last year and she’s doing her clinical rotations. It’s …
This year, I handed out 35 treats. I went outside to check it at one point, and it was full. I went out not long after that, and it was empty. I find it hard to believe that over a dozen kids came in that amount of time, but I …
My mom was supposed to host this year, but wasn’t feeling up to it, so I took over hosting duties. It was a bit of a stretch since I was gone most of Saturday, but I scaled back what I’d normally do, and it worked out fine. It also helped …