Today is the first day....of my 60th year...yikes! It doesn't seem that long ago that I thought 60 was an age that I might get to if I "live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse"...so crass a young thing was I...I started this blog to get me writing and to ensure that when I am 61, and my memory isn't as good as it is today, I can remember what I did in my 60th year.
So, what will I do today?  Since it is New Year's Day, I thought I would do what I do every New Year's Day - cook, eat, and drink....which is, by the way, exactly what I have been doing since Thanksgiving, so I thought it would not be a big shock to my system.  Today is also the end of what I like to call "my season of cured meats" - my family has had their fill of sausage, ham, bacon, and more sausage - so I had a ham and cheese omelet.  Tomorrow starts my season of green, where I try to dislodge the flab I have acquired from the season of cured meats by consuming lots and lots of salad...it's a cycle of which I have become quite comfortable, so why switch?
After today, life becomes real again, and sometimes that sucks...like having to say goodbye to my daughter on Thursday...she is going back to Harvard to continue pursuing her dream of a doctorate...I am extremely proud, but don't want her to go...if only I could make time stand still for a little while longer...of course, I said that when she was baby; and when she was 3; and when she was 5; and more times than I can count...it's never worked, so I should just give it up already...I can't make time stand still...this is, of course, why I am writing this blog...time didn't stand still..I am starting my 60th year...

Happy New Beginnings!