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Finally the hoopla is all over! I had a great time through it all, but, MAN, there was way too much fun to be had, and I have no ability or willingness to say NO. I am recovering surprisingly fast. No hangovers, just added poundage. Let the diet begin. And no, not with chocolate. Put that away!

We worked on New Year's Eve until 5:00 and then went home, got the car and drove to Palm Springs, with unexpectedly light traffic. We made it in our usual two hours. We had time to unload the car and change clothes before our 9:00 dinner reservations at Wang's In The Desert. The place was packed. But the food was it's usual wonderful, at least to our taste, and the service was perfectly paced. They had enough servers and support staff so that everything went smoothly.

From there we headed to Arenas Street, where we knew we could find a large collection of Homos in a party mood. The were there. We headed for Street Bar to see if Mona Caywood was singing, but she wasn't, and the place was elbow to elbow so we headed across the street to Spurline to watch the music videos. It was one of the showtunes nights which we love. It, too, was crowded but we were able to get a drink and find a place to hang and wait for the countdown to 2011.

We met some interesting men who were visiting from Milan, Italy. One is a director for television and the other the CFO of a multinational French company. They were interesting and truly enjoyed the videos as they said that Italy has no such perfect musicals like we have in this country. They have drama, and they have Opera, and they try for contemporary musical, but they fail, according to these men. It was fun to see them enjoy themselves so much. Very elegant, intellectual men just loving every moment.

At midnight we kissed each other and every man around, friend or stranger, tried to get the confetti off of us and headed for home. Luckily it was only 5 blocks to home, we weren't drunk and it wasn't 4AM. We had a great night and saw the New Year in properly.

It's been a hectic work week, but I only have one more day till I get home and the New Year starts. The days are long but I only have to work 3 days this week and then have a 4 ay weekend! Yay!

Tomorrow is an early day. I have to be to work at 7:00am and get off at 5:00. Hopefully we will get on the road by 5:30 and in Palm Springs by 7:30. We have dinner reservations at 9:00 at Wang's In The Desert. We tried Trio and Tropicale but they were fully committed. Looking forward to being out and about New Year's this time. We have let it go by so many times, but it seems more important to see it in this year.

Of course the down side is this is supposed to be a really cold couple of nights. We are bringing warm clothes including our winter silk underwear, scarves and gloves. They are predicting a possibility of below freezing for the next two nights, so hanging on the streets doesn't sound warm and fuzzy. But for a few minutes at midnight..Great.

And then a party on New Years Day at friends. I can hardly wait to see what the New Year brings. I sure hope it is great stuff.

To Garrett, yes it is the MyFi. To Ken, No we weren't affected by the mudslides. It was further north.

We miss you Scotty. Aagh. You'd just be at All Worlds anyway.. LOL.

I was delighted to see that some of you out there knew I had posted, and wrote a note back. Thanks. That gives me encourages me to continue to bore you with my life's trivia. Whaa Hoo!

Yesterday was a shopping day. We actually went to the Verizon Store in Palm Desert to get new batteries for our Droids, as they were not holding charges anymore. In addition we ended up getting an "Intelligent Mobile Hotspot".

When traveling and in the Palm Springs house we have used our Verizon card for internet access. But we could only use it one at a time so we couldn't both be cruising the internet. Now, up to five devices, computers, ipads, etc can be online at the same time. We still kept our unlimited usage (same as our Verizon card) and the monthly charge is the same. Plus they gave it to us for the cost of the phone tax an sales tax. The device itself was free. I was amazed. Of course the phone tax on the device was $23.62, plus the sales tax. Still to enable us to both be online at the same time wherever we are is great. And it's the size of a credit card. Oh yeah, it works on batteries when you are out and about, like Quartzsite!

Along the way I had to go to the beauty supply, Smart and Final, and of course Old Navy for new T shirts. They have the best cheap T shirts - on sale for $5.00, so even though they don't last more than a few months, they are a deal!

We still haven't opened the Christmas presents from our clients. I think we have to do that this morning so I can get busy with the Thank You notes. We go back to San Diego today so time is limited.

Sure wish I could just spend the week here in Palm Springs. Oh well. We only have to work 3 days and we will be back Friday night in time to see the New Year in properly! We are soo spoiled.

Thanks again for your encouragement.

Facebook is insidious. It has stolen my time and my energy and taken me from my blog. I am hoping to get back to this now. If I go here first maybe I can keep it up. I enjoy the writing and the sharing. Sometimes I think I bore all of you unless I am traveling, but here we go.

Christmas this year was wonderful and challenging. I truly thought that my years of heavy scheduling at work during the lead-up to Christmas was over. Not so. This year was busy. I can't complain about being successful but the 45 years I have been standing on my feet is beginning to take it's toll.

The salon had a wonderful Holiday party. Most of us took a limousine from Fashion Valley to Rancho Valencia in Ranch Santa Fe for a great dinner! Glad we had the car as it was very dark out there and I'm sure that we would still be wandering around trying to find our way out.

Then Mother needed to have a Holiday party, which meant that Tedd and Steve had to give a holiday party. No problem. We did that the next night.

The following Sunday we entertained at our home in Palm Springs with a Holiday gathering. It was fun, but the next day I woke up sick and exhausted. I stayed down for two days, then bounced back for the continuation of the season.

Christmas Eve was a wonderful gathering at an old friend Pierre Rivet and Wolfie's home in San Diego. We were invited to bring Mother so we did and we all had a great time. The Jambalaya was incredible as were the cheese straws, cupcakes and everything else. Best was the company.

We got to reconnect with old friends like Ron Ferrero and Duke Pham, and Richard Sager, LuAnne and more. It was a special evening for us, and for Mother.

Then we left early Christmas morning for Palm Springs, where we collapsed a bit more. Christmas afternoon we went on the a new friend's house for a lovely Christmas dinner. Lee and Greg made a very elaborate multi-course holiday meal. The food was incredible, amongst a heavily decorated home. It was beautiful and a great group of friends. We were the new kids, and delighted to be invited.

Now we are just recovering from days of partying and too much work. We had a four day weekend this week and next. Hurray. We need it.

Then it will be only 3 weeks until we head for our annual pilgrimage to Quartzsite to be with the Rainbow RV and Traveling Our Way gay motorhome groups. We are taking a whole week off, so officially it's a vacation!

Eye on the Prize!