Happy New Year!

Hello 2006! There is something to the idea of waking up and realizing a whole new year is about to begin. I ended 2005 in a way I didn't think was gonna happen. I was content with spending New Year's Eve at home watching the ball drop on tv, when I got a call from a friend of mine, named Kim, asking if I wanted to do something. She is a single mom with two kids, and her boys were staying the night at a friend's house, so she had the night free and didn't want to spend it at home. She called me up, very excited and really wanted to do something instead of sitting at home, which in turn got me fired up to go out. It also helped that the Kings beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 earlier in the evening, that really got me pumped up. We decided on going to a TGI Friday's by where she lives, and we met up early thinking there would be a crowd there. I walk in at 9 pm, and to my surprise, only 6 people were in the bar!
Now Kim is the older sister of a very good friend of mine, named Kerry, and although I've known Kim for several years now, we've never really hung out and talked just the two of us. I found it to be one of the best nights of my life, we talked, we laughed, and actually got to know "more" of us than we knew before. After slamming 5 (I think, I may have lost count) Long Island Iced teas, it was near midnight here in Cali and by this point the bar had filled up a bit more, now up to a robust 16 people. We all counted down together, wished each other in the bar a happy new year and my sobering up time began. After this night, I developed a new level of admiration for Kim and how she handles her life. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be a single mom with two boys, ages 7 and 5, raising them, providing for them, loving and disciplining them all at the same time.
No one knows what the new year will bring, heck, I never thought i would have my own blog, but I wish everyone out there much success and happiness in their lives. I can't wait to see what 2006 has in store for me.