New Years sucks.

[catbyte]

I've despised New Year's ever since I was 13 when my nana (mom's mom) died unexpectedly of a heart attack late in the afternoon on New Years Day shortly after we left her house after spending a nice day with her. Then, several years later, I was on a blind date on New Year's Eve and suddenly felt awful and had terrible pain on the right side of my abdomen so I had to cut the date short. That led to an emergency appendectomy on New Years Day (that was my first and last date with that guy, lol.)

Today, I have a sinus headache/pressure because a snowstorm is heading towards Michigan so yuck. My sinuses are more accurate than the NWS.

And now Betty White died.

New Years sucks.

I hope all of you have a healthy, safe one, though!

BTW, do you use an apostrophe or not when spelling New Year's? New Years?

[True Dough]

1. This one's for you, catbyte...

But you can have this one too, if it better suits your mood:

[Backseat Driver]

7. What's to like about it - drunks, shooters, and CoVid Omicron

Only thing I like is making the resolution to Do Something I've Never Done Before each year. I had the most fun ever at a Scottish St Andrew's Day Ball back on a Nov 30 back in the 80s - great Scottish food and beverages, Scottish folk/line dances, readings of Robert Byrne's poetry, and great authentic Scottish company. DH's neighbors had accents was so thick, I barely understood a word.

Have a cozy beginning to 2022!

[catbyte]

12. Okay, that made me laugh out loud for the first time today.

I'm definitely kitteh #2 today.

Thanks so much for the laugh, I needed that!

[jmbar2]

2. I came to hate NYE living in Houston

People shot guns off in the air, along with fireworks, which panicked my dog. Sometimes the bullets came down around my house. I had to only let the dog out for a brief minute to potty for fear of him getting shot.

I moved to Oregon after that. No similar problems where I live now.

[central scrutinizer]

3. Report from Oregon

It’s not as bad here (Eugene) as Fourth of July but usually we have an hour of illegal aerial bombs going off. At least this year, everything thing is dripping wet from the recent snow storm. You couldn’t start a fire if you tried.

[jmbar2]

6. I'm in Newport

There are usually few problems, but tonite may be different because it has cleared off.

There is a group of young men who race through town and raise hell in a drag racing pack. I suspect they will be hooping it up tonite.

[SheltieLover]

4. Hugs to you, Cat

I've never been one to celebrate this "holiday," any more than I would the end of any other month.

So much for Hallmark holidays.

[Deuxcents]

5. Ruby n I send you purrs n best wishes

Hoping the future treats you better..I know you make me happy with your posts. Ty 🐾

[markie]

8. just another day

sorry about your past events to make it dour...

I was in Michigan last week and had to head home early because I got sick and thought it might be Covid (tested negative when home) I'll be coming back so look out for me in a few weeks

Happiest of New Years to you!!

[demigoddess]

9. Use an apostrophe, it is the proper way

it is short for New Year's day
New Year's eve
there is no such thing as New Year's.

[NNadir]

10. For me, it's a remarkable signpost notice that I'm still alive.

Mortality is wonderful because it makes life precious.

My mother died the day before Thanksgiving, but I'm still Thankful, and among the things for which I'm thankful is her.

[Donkees]

11. ''New Day's Lyric'' - Poet Amanda Gorman

''New Day’s Lyric''

May this be the day
We come together.
Mourning, we come to mend,
Withered, we come to weather,
Torn, we come to tend,
Battered, we come to better.
Tethered by this year of yearning,
We are learning
That though we weren’t ready for this,
We have been readied by it.
We steadily vow that no matter
How we are weighed down,
We must always pave a way forward.

This hope is our door, our portal.
Even if we never get back to normal,
Someday we can venture beyond it,
To leave the known and take the first steps.
So let us not return to what was normal,
But reach toward what is next.

What was cursed, we will cure.
What was plagued, we will prove pure.
Where we tend to argue, we will try to agree,
Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,
Where we weren’t aware, we’re now awake;
Those moments we missed
Are now these moments we make,
The moments we meet,
And our hearts, once all together beaten,
Now all together beat.

Come, look up with kindness yet,
For even solace can be sourced from sorrow.
We remember, not just for the sake of yesterday,
But to take on tomorrow.

We heed this old spirit,
In a new day’s lyric,
In our hearts, we hear it:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
Be bold, sang Time this year,
Be bold, sang Time,
For when you honor yesterday,
Tomorrow ye will find.
Know what we’ve fought
Need not be forgot nor for none.
It defines us, binds us as one,
Come over, join this day just begun.
For wherever we come together,
We will forever overcome.