happy New Year

I've ripped the December page off my calendar.

This morning's worship was very nice. Tonight's the new years program, and that will be fun if I can stay awake through the movie. There's vespers at midnight, and Swami will blow his conch shell, which really confused me the first time I heard it. I thought it was one of those long, plastic horns that kids blow at sporting events and parades.

I'm asking Erik how we found out it was a conch shell, and he's telling me he doesn't know, so maybe I just made that up. But I bet I heard someone mention it.

Erik's cleaning house and thinking about going into a PhD program. Kitty's having a little pet frenzy and clawing Erik's leg for attention. I'm just sitting here typing, but not for long.