Out with the old, in with the new
It's January 1, 2020. A new year. It's a time for reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the new one. Some people make a new year's resolution, but I gave those up years ago. I find that the New Year's Resolution is pretty much doomed to failure. There's so much pressure on that one single day of the year; a day when many people are hungover or at least tired from an evening of merrymaking and celebrating - maybe not the best time to planning one's future. New Year's Day is a good day to...take down some Christmas decorations or bake some cookies. It's a good day to read a book, take a nap, maybe go for a walk. For Patrick, it's a day to work another shift. For Katherine, it apparently means reading and sleeping in her room all day (while she avoids taking her Mandarin midterm exam). Joerg made deviled eggs just for fun (because we all like them and the plate full that he took to the party last night...came back EMPTY! I have