Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.



Over the Christmas holiday Dave's mom let us know she had a secret. You can imagine our surprise as Dave's parents had already snuck in a major life change with the bathroom remodeling project none of us were told about. But that's beside the point. The very important news was that she had put her name in to receive tickets to the Swearing In Ceremony of our 2009 President Elect, Barack Obama. She then added that she had WON the tickets and would then give them to us as we both had been making plans to go with or without tickets. You can imagine our excitement as we had done everything possible to get these tickets she was handed.

Once we stopped jumping up and down we knew we had to get to work. After losing our hostel reservations we began frantically looking for a place to stay and transportation into DC because we didn't want to drive into the city on the actual day of the celebration. Success is ours!

We now have reservations at a superb hotel, also known as the Best Western, in Richmond, Virginia and round trip bus tickets to the Greyhound Station into the city. Now all we have left is to figure out how we're actually going to get the physical tickets as Dave's mom will not receive them until January 16th. Whew! What a crazy few days this has been.

Now we're off to Clayton, NY to say goodbye to 2008 and I look forward to truly celebrating the excitement a new year can bring. I hope all of you find your own blessings and adventures in 2009 and I wish you only the best as you all say your own goodbyes to one heck of a year.
Emily