It's the Holiday Season...

We're coming to the end of another holiday season with New Years Eve tomorrow night. The end of 2013 has been tough and hectic at times and while I am sad to see it end, I am also looking forward to the new year and lots of fun things we have planned. We got back last night from our Christmas trip to Michigan. Of course no trip would be complete without some kind of dangerous driving condition and we had a white knuckled drive from Detroit to Jackson after we arrived to an ice storm. We made it safely and the roads just began to freeze after we arrived and stepped outside the car to a sheet of ice on the ground. Rough.

I also continued my yearly tradition of getting sick just before, on, or after Christmas with a fabulous cold that knocked me out for the last three days of our trip and caused me to miss some very fun parties. There is nothing quite like an airport when you're sick. The travel gods were smiling on us and Sean was upgraded to first class. He insisted I take his seat so I had a very comfortable ride and all the hot tea I needed. However, that must have used up all our good travel karma because we arrived in New York to an absolute downpour and no cabs to be found at the airport. After waiting for over an hour in a long cab line that was hardly moving, we decided to take the bus to the subway. Two hours later we finally made it home. It took us as long to get from LaGuardia to our apartment as it took to get from Detroit to New York.

Bookended between those two lovely travel experiences, we had a great trip. It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends and get to spend lots of quality time together. We also had the special joy of spending Christmas morning with our nephews. Watching a three year old be excited about Christmas takes it to a whole different level of awesome. We had so much fun playing with Jack and all his new toys and cuddling Hudson who is basically the cutest four month old ever.

This will be a low key New Years Eve for us. Sean and I are spending the evening at home and both working tomorrow. I have plans for a special dinner and Mario Kart tournament and we're hoping to catch the Rose Bowl for a Spartan victory on New Years Day. Here's to a wonderful new year!