Another day not at the office

Well, I finally stayed up until New Year's night before last.  First time I stayed up for the actual moment since 2000 I think.  Home alone, of course.  Well, the kids were in bed so I had to be here.  But home alone by all other accounts. 

My New Year's Day went pretty well.  Since I was up early I went to church.  Heard an interesting reflection about what it meant to have a name attached to the Divine, and not only some appellation like "Adonai."  Then I came home and cooked lunch for myself and the crew.  I cooked black-eyed peas (for luck) and brussels sprouts (as a substitute for cabbage -- for wealth -- if I don't get rich this year, I'll know why).  I wonder if these same traditions/superstitions are used in other places in the world for New Year's.

I fired up the grill to cook some chicken and some brats.  But it was so windy here yesterday that I had to relight the grill three times.  I got the food about half cooked, but finished it up in the oven.  If the chicken wasn't dead when I put it on the grill, it got gassed real good, so it was a goner when I finally brought those babies inside.

Nothing spectacular, as you can see.  But maybe life should hold the unspectacular from time to time -- or even most of the time.  That way you notice when the wondrous occurs.