I am still a blogger

Greetings in the new year! I've been away a few weeks, and I know you've missed me. This post was originally going to be a detailed recap of my trip home to Jersey for Christmas. While there was enough material for an entire post (or two), I'm a good week late on this, so I decided just to briefly sum up each day of the trip.

Weds 12/22- Poker night at Scotty's. Drank too much scotch and went all in with 10-6, off-suit. Also had beers at the Broadway in Pt. Pleasant. Happy birthday Stu, if you read this.

Thurs 12/23- Wight Family Christmas party. Thumbguns and spilled wine. A great time as always. Jayme (and Sarah) are actually staying with us here in OC right now.

Two of these sweet little holes are Ria's. One is mine.

Christmas Eve- Received the Holy Eucharist, ate fish, and took part in a new family tradition of Jameson shots. I wish this was an old family tradition, but better late than never.

Christmas Day- Prosecco with breakfast. Gave my mom a TV and got a surround sound system. Homemade game of Minute to Win It, got second place. Also hung out with some knuckleheads at JR's in Seaside, which was a great time, but what happened to Dave and Petey?

Boxing Day (UK and Canada)- The snow started mid-day and the Giants controlled their own density. Oh, what I meant to say was, "their own destiny." They got schooled and I drank scotch.

Mon 12/27- The snow stopped mid-day, and that's about it. Played scrabble and drank a little scotch.

Tue 12/28- Dug out my mom's car and beasted it up to EWR (learn your airport codes). As you might have read on the Good Book, I gave a skycap $20 to check our bags because the line to check in was absolutely insane. I'm not exaggerating when I tell you that it was the entire lower level of Terminal C. I wish I had a picture. The news was there. Anyway, I thought I was ballin', but since we ended up being delayed several hours, the return on investment took a slight hit. Better than waiting in that line though.

Random Asian woman stuck in Terminal C at Newark Airport

You can see the pattern here. But despite the consumption, I have pretty good recall of everything. Trips home mean everything to me and it was great to see everyone. Well not everyone, but most folks. 2011 is going to be big for me and I hope it'll be big for all of you as well. Yes, all 12 of you. I want to write more frequently and I've got some ideas for future posts. We'll see what happens.