The Count Starts Again

As it was so eloquently put this evening... the New Year only starts when you wake up New Year's Day. Even after midnight, it's still New Year's Eve. I'll take this one to heart... so now I can efficiently say that this is Day 2 without the beer.

Yesterday, the hangover didn't start until 11pm... which I then stayed up until 2am and got my Scribblings Blog started. I will probably post a few more from the archive again tonight, just to up the collection. I checked my GoStats counter just a while ago and there is some traffic here and there goin' in... so that's a positive. No comments though... which is a bit of a shame, but that's okay too. They're really only there to be read... what's a comment really gonna mean, right?

Today, I finished watching the other two movies I rented yesterday... It's All Gone Pete Tong and Layer Cake. It was definitely a Brit-fest of films this afternoon, both movies are both pretty good.

Layer Cake was interupted by my Mom's need for a ride back home from town. Her left-front wheel became detached from the axle and could no longer be steered... quite the pickle to be in when driving. I don't know how far or how in general she got from one place to another before it finally quit on her. She was saying that the truck was pulling and pushing her all over the road when she was turning in and out of places. Sounded a little scary. So when she was down at her favourite Petland, she gave the house a ring from a payphone to ask me to come and get her.

So I went and rushed into a pair of khakis and out the door... picked her up, went for lunch and came back home. Apparently, Dad went and met the AMA guy to tow the truck back to the house.

I went down to the Wildfire to meet Jeff & Benny for some socializing. Just so you know, I didn't cave... I only spent $2.35 on refillable Pepsis at the bar. Fantastic. Bubbles was giving me shit about my smallish tab... but I didn't really care. I was able to drive home and be guilt free from the evening. This not-drinking thing could be easier than once assumed.

Hoping for a good day tomorrow. I had somewhat admitted to Jeff that there is a piece of me really getting my hopes up with Barbara. I shouldn't... I know I shouldn't. I'm trying to supress and contain my optimistic excitement... 'cuz it's that sort of stupid optimism that does me in most times. I'm so bad like that. But I'm ever-so-conscious of what I'm saying most times that either I slip up and say something too strong or I don't say anything at all. Neither of which are very helpful... but I just can't seem to find that happy medium of these things.

There is a little bit about being gun-shy at the moment... since the last few times (granted, all in England)... I was doing really well. I only ran into girls that threw me for a loop, rather than the other way around. I guess I'm still trying to find out if up is still up and down is still down in the dating world. I'm hoping that the math and reasoning aren't skewed with Barbara. I would again like to offer my optimism, but again... it's all theorizing.

Tomorrow begins the new year at work... I've gotta get the calendar and filing schedule done tomorrow. I couldn't seem to figure out the wording or the coding for the program I wanna write with our EDGAR customer database. If I get it to work, then we can schedule our holidays and days off much easier.

Well, time to start thinking about posting more scribbles... then I can get to bed. Hopefully get a good sleep and have a good day tomorrow.