New Year's Eve...

Hhhhappy new yearsh baby! Gimme  kish!

New Years is one of the holidays that I get with the kids. It's one of "my" holidays. Bigger deal in Japan. It's like the "Christmas" of Japanese people without the Christ thing, or the tree, or the Santa thing... Okay, so it's not the same, but it's a big friggin' deal, okay?
This is all fine and well. So, because I have the kids with me, I don't go out. Lucky and Mitchie end up hangin' with me and we whoop it up and have a grand ol' time. Of course, we weighed the ins and outs about it. At the house, we are warm, safe, don't need to go anywhere, don't need to do anything, no drunken people to deal with and none of the strangers trying to hug on you and paw at you and trying to kiss you at midnight. We sometimes have surprise guests that'll stop by and say hello, which is always great, but generally it's just the three of us chillin' out and hanging and enjoying doing just that. All good. The next day is all about the food as it is a big food holiday for the Japanese and more festivities take place. Again, all good.
So, here we are again this year, waiting for "next year". Me, Lucky and Mitchie, we'll be sittin' and chillin' and doin' our thing and we'll be wishing you all a safe New Years eve from on the "couch of doom". Be safe, drive carefully and we hope not to hear about any drunk driving incidents... Because eventually, we do find out about them... Happy New Years Eve one and all!