I may have a new tradition, though I imagine it's something people have been doing all along without me realizing it.... and that tradition is doing something new on New Year's.
What inspired me, you ask? Well, this year I went cross-country skiing on New Year's Eve for the first time. It was fantastic. I was a little nervous that I wouldn't be able to catch on, but once I got the rhythm part figured out it was so - much - fun. Ben, his friend Sarah, and her friend Cody all skied through town (we got a bunch of snow so all the roads and sidewalks were covered) to the golf course, then through the golf course on to Grouse Mountain Lodge to listed to a funk band and mingle with some friends who were there. We managed to get the fire pit outside to ourselves just in time to pop open our champagne bottle for a midnight toast. I couldn't have asked for a better time, though my legs and arms were awfully sore the next day after skiing for about 5 hours... I think one of the best parts was that I managed to score a couple of full-body ski suits from the 80's in one of the local thrift stores, and Ben and I wore them out. They kept us warm, but man we got some looks! It was classic.
So anyway, I had so much fun this year that I decided I want to try to do something completely new every year. The whole going out to a bar and waiting until the clock strikes 12 is not really my idea of an awesome way to celebrate, so I'm going to try to find something different to make it interesting from here on out.
Happy 2010!
