Our New Year's Eve tradition...sleep?
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It began 8 (nearly 9) years ago with the birth of my first son Carter. The next 3 years were about chasing sleep, and particularly a period of rest long enough in which to dream--that old, pre-parenting slumber, soft and comforting as a dear friend.
The 4th year was my fault; I was pregnant with twins, and this time, it was me keeping me up, with multiple trips to the bathroom and flopping about trying to find that elusive, comfortable position. Years 5, 6 and 7 belonged to the twins: if they weren't both up, at least one of them was--sometimes, it was all 3 children up at once.
If we lived in Australia, I might watch fireworks from the banks of Sydney Harbour. If we lived in Germany, I might sing "Auld Lang Syne" in Deutsch. If we were in Paris, I'd celebrate le Réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre. Since we are in the US, I could watch the glittering, crystal ball drop in Times Square.
But really? This year? Sleep sounds so lovely. The thought that both my husband Tom and I might welcome in a new year with a good night's sleep seems almost too good to be true. In fact, just by writing about it, I've probably somehow jinxed it.
Just in case we decide to forgo the early bedtime, how do you celebrate New Year's Eve?
(And in case I miss it, I'll say it here: Happy New Year!)
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Nicola 12-31-2007 @ 1:22PM
We will be in bed. I feel rotten (first achy feverish stages of the passed along cold), we've both been at work all day while the boy enjoys his grandparents, and, quite frankly, there isn't anything to do in this town even if we did want to celebrate. We live in the middle of the midwest, so our New Years countdown on t.v. isn't even live -- it happened on the East coast an hour earlier and nobody does anything special for us wintry cold plains dwellers. So, sleep it is, just like any other night. We'll wish each other a happy New Year in the morning and I'll head off to work again (need the hours since the boy is off school and his grandparents leave town tomorrow). Its all so different after kids...
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lisa 12-31-2007 @ 9:00PM
a toast to each other and our children with sparkling grape juice at 7 before our youngest hits the hay with me following shortly behind, a good movie as i doze off and a hope that next year is blessed beyond measure for us and for those we love....God bless and happy new year...here is 08
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