New Years Eve 2018

It's dropping to below zero tonight, and heaven only knows what the wind chill will be. Those seats will be turned on as high as they go. :)

Weight 177

I dragged my rear up a hill and back down yesterday for 5.3 miles. Today was the trainer. And I'm trying to moderate my food intake. I'd love to leave for my cruise in a few weeks weighing less than I do now so I don't come back in the 180s. That would be a bummer!

Off to shower and then drive out ot my dad's for our New Year's lobster dinner. I'll watch the rose parade in the am and then come back here in the afternoon. Maybe I'll squeeze in a hike out there before I come home.

Wishing everyone a happy entry into 2019! (That's likely the last time I'll get the year right, writing 2018 on everything until about April...)

I'm making a caramelized onion dip to bring to the NYE party, along with the last of the sweets.

Last year, coming home from this party we saw headlights coming right at us on the freeway. I remember thinking, so this is how it ends, and thought poor son! because he was the only one not in the car, and would be orphaned. My husband said I turned to him and said very sadly, oh honey. He said he felt like I was saying goodbye. I don't remember. My husband managed to swerve, and the obviously drunk driver sideswipped us. I didn't scream, nor did daughter, until we pulled over. We called 911 and they were able to stop the wrong way driver before she killed someone. 21 year old woman, with a blood alcohol of .275. I initially planned to go to her trial, but as time dragged on, and there were postponements, and I had processed it more. At first though, I thought about it a lot and had terrible dreams that my dh and dd were killed and I survived. And I wanted some revenge, but in Minnesota you can't sue for emotional damages unless you also have physical injuries. Now I just hope she got proper interventions. I haven't thought about it much at all for months, but I guess thinking about driving tonight brought it forward again. Thanks for listening and letting me process it yet again.

Lordy DD, what a fright! Glad no one was injured. Its why we don't go out anymore on New Years. We are usually asleep by midnight to be awakened by yayhoos shooting guns off at the beach. Get a life. ds

Oh, dear God! That scenario is one of my drunk driver fears. I don't fear much, but drunk drivers scare the hell out of me. So glad you came out of alive.

Just thinking about it gives me shivers.

Good Lord! What a thing to happen to y'all! So fortunate you are that no one in your family was physically injured. Gosh!

P.S. And to echo others' comments, it's 8:00 pm on New Years' Eve, and I'm home alone and safe after dining out tonight with my sister and brother-in-law. Happy New Year, everyone. xoxoxoxo

OMG - so close to death! I can see how you'd end up with some PTSD. A childhood friend, his wife, and daughter were killed that way (drunk driver going the wrong way on the highway). It was the most awful funeral I've ever been to.