NYE wrap-ups

Molly and Alanna both mention New Year's Eve at my place in their blogs. I was so happy to have been able to spend it with most of my favorite people all under one roof. It's great, too, to read other people's perspectives. Alanna has an almost photographic memory, so she always remembers lots of interesting details that make a clearer big picture. Kind of like pointillism! (Cool, that master's in art history does come in handy.)

Also endlessly amusing, Molly says ours was an afternoon party. I had a sudden shock of, "Wait, that's right! The rest of the world still considers 4 p.m. to be the afternoon, not early evening." Kind of like how 3 a.m. is not late at night anymore — it's too early in the morning — and 8 p.m. does not make a late night to anyone but us. The "with kids" paradigm shift surprises me again and again.