New Year 2006!

Geoff and I had a really quiet New Year's. We were supposed to have Olivia and Bo over for dinner but both of them unfortunately ended up with the flu that's been going around. Went to my parents' house for dinner instead. Watched a movie and missed the countdown by 30 seconds! Oops...

New Year's Day was spent with family again. Alan cooked for 2 days so that we could have an awesome Japanese New Year's feast complete with mochi. My parents, Harvey and Sandy (Geoff's aunt and uncle), Heather and Peter and their roommate Deven were all invited to the dinner. There was so much food! Salad, udon soup, about 9 different kinds of sushi, chicken, pork, mochi, chow mein, etc. And that was before dessert! Several of us were in a fair amount of pain after eating so much!

Is it just me, or did this whole holiday season feel pretty surreal? I guess the fact that I never went shopping in the malls and the weather being way too nice for Dec/Jan made it feel like it wasn't Christmas time. I can't believe it's the New Year already. That means I have 6 months to finish my thesis and 7 months to help plan the wedding! AHHHHHHH!!!! Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!