There were little signs that the New Year was brought in the night before. The streets were blissfully empty, the cars were parked oddly, the sidewalk beside the car I was parking in front of had been vomited on by the passenger, the car in front of me had a person sleeping in it. Kelly and I were grateful to have woken up feeling 100% for the first time in weeks, after weeks of being sick. This was our first visit to the beach in Marina Del Rey, where we’d heard dogs could run off leash, not legally, but relatively safely if you left when the black trucks came down the shore. Josie loved it, and bounded out with pure joy. She didn’t hesitate to jump in the ocean sea and frolic in the early morning cool sand. We then took Josie to the dog park to dry off and see her friends – all before 8:30 am. We then treated ourselves to a breakfast at Joe’s hoping to see Ono. With the New Years spirit I called Mom, Dad, Grandma, Bob and Pat and sent out pictures of Russ’ 72 birthday (http://picasaweb.google.com/nbasham). Holidays have an odd feeling like something is missing without Grandma. Kelly and I pulled a blanket over us on the couch and watched the USC vs. Wolverines game. Finished Transfer Of Power by Vince Flynn, real meat head character, that said, I really enjoyed it. Got it as a book on CD from the library, I use the iPod Shuffle everyday - very functional. Thought a bout some resolutions…a nice first day of the year.