Adios, 2006

Even though Darr and I were both sickly peoples Rick and Anya still asked us to join them for the New Year's Eve celebration in Seattle. So, Saturday morning we hopped in Sophie and headed north. A few hours later we arrived at their place and quickly settled ourselves on their couch, snuggled under a blanket, to hang out and watch some t.v. (Denis Leary's The Job, I highly recommend it.) We had planned on going tubing on New Year's Eve but thanks to our sickness and a scarcity of available tubing tickets, we changed our plans and went for a nice walk that ended at Alki Beach Park instead. The weather was absolutely gorgeous so we took full advantage of our digital camera and grabbed a ton of shots. My favorite is a South Park Faith + 1-ish photo that would be perfect if the four of us ever think of starting a grunge Christian rock band. I've included a side-by-side comparison for your visual enjoyment. (Interested in the other photos, click here.)
We played several games over the course of the weekend, watched a lot of t.v., listened to songs from the 80s, drank lots of alcohol (Rick and Anya had expanded their supply since our last visit) and Darr and I popped DayQuils and NyQuils to help alleviate our sick symptons. New Year's Eve, whilst I was jacked up on DayQuil and champagne, we made our yearly trip to this one park I can't remember the name of to view the fireworks shot off the Space Needle before returning home to play 500, a card game that only Darr really understood how to play. Turns out staying up until 5am when you're under the weather isn't the best cure for the common cold. I'm still trying to catch up on sleep and I haven't been able to speak like a normal person for about a week now. It's better now but for a few days I was sounding a bit too close to Harvey Fierstein for my liking.

Here's hoping your holidays were fabulous. Happy New Year!