Usually, we're trying to get a few hours sleep before heading over to the Rose to drive FIL's rig from the line-up area to the staging area. But since FIL had to put his beloved horse down, FIL isn't in the parade this year. Nudie's (look him up if you don't know who Nudie Cohn was) granddaughter was trying to get in the Rose with one of her father's cars, and was going to have FIL ride with her, but she wasn't accepted.

So we kinda don't know what to do with ourselves. Years of being unavailable, and not being the party type, mean no party invites. Our neighborhood doesn't even have the typical DINK's new year's party. So we're here.

I've been into the Red Wine a bit, so I'm a bit tipsy. So this is a tipsy diary, not a drunken one. My bad. I'm correcting my spelling too, I just can't let it go.

I already whined about 2006 elsewhere, so I won't again. I can't however, say enough how much we appreciate Clock and Stacky allowing us to partake in their wedding. Far and away the highlight of the year, and couldn't have come at a time when _we_ needed an excuse to get away more.

It's engineering. So it's much harder than the state job was, but FAR more interesting. I think I _may_ be getting at least a better job tittle very soon, though likely not more pay straight away. Also they may have a project I can do for my master's instead of the oral exam, which would be beneficial to both me and the company.

I don't have anything more to say. Not that I really had anything to say when I started this.