Happy new year!

I'm not quite sure if it's the new job or the new house, but I'm optimistic that 2008 is going to be spectacular. I guess that's what's so great about a new year... the promise of a new start.... new challenges, new opportunities... the chance to put the bad stuff in the past and start anew.

I'm even ready to go back to work. Granted, I've only been back in Conway since Friday, but this being lazy and not having anything to do is really starting to be a little too convenient. It will be good to be back on a schedule and hopefully be more organized. And I only have 13 days left to work at UCA. Woo-hoo!

I've been cooking all afternoon to get ready for tomorrow. I'm going to some friends' house in Little Rock to watch the game and eat a New Year's meal. I made chicken and dumplings and Mexican cabbage (and will make cornbread in the morning) and they're doing black eyed peas and hog jowl and some other stuff.

Tonight Joe and I are going to the grand opening of Michaelangelo's. They're having heavy hors d'oeuvres and a live band. It's an invitation-only party, but thankfully I have friends in high places. Well, Joe does.

So it's about time to put on my party face and wash my hair for the first time in three days. Only a few hours 'til 2008.

Happy new year, everyone! Have a fun and safe evening.