We celebrated New Year’s Eve in the usual way, sort of. Cheetos (puffs and crunchy) and card games. B’Lake and his girlfriend wanted to play Cards Against Humanity instead of Apples to Apples, our usual NYE go-to. Eve was in for it, but Lex was not comfortable with the game (or the change, or both). We played a few rounds of CAH, then switched to A2A, but people got cranky and annoying, and we probably started too early, so we broke to our own corners for awhile. The kids plugged in to their screens and I finished a puzzle – my second this vacation! We regrouped at 11:45pm to watch the ball drop.

Then B’Lake walked his gf home and I took Huxley out for a walk, which Eve and Lex both decided to join me on. Weirdly it was a nice way to end the evening. The three of us talking and giggling and enjoying the warm evening.