Obliviate

For the 2010-2011 New Year's Eve (or NYE if you're annoying) I spent it at my boyfriend's house with some friends of his. Usually I don't like New Year's Eve because I'm either single or spending it alone, so this one was definitely one of my better New Year's Eves (and it was the first time I was ever kissed at midnight, that was pretty cool).

Meanwhile, my parents went out to a party while my sisters stayed home. My parents came home at around 10 (at their age, New Year's isn't one of those things they want to stay out until one in the morning for). When they came home, they had their own little celebration going on when the clock struck midnight. They fooled around with silly New Year's hats and streamers and took dorky pictures together.

I have to say, despite all the fun I had at the party I went to, it was a little sad to see my family celebrating in pictures without me there. It just made me think of how many other family activities I might have to miss out on now that I'm getting older. What if I can't go on family vacations because of work? What if I can't go to a social event with my family because of school? What if I decide to hang out with my friends on a day that my family decides to have a fun lazy Sunday doing nothing but playing board games? (Trust me, my family can make board games fun.) It's amazing how much more I love my family when I start missing out on the things we could do together.

Sorry, I'm not trying to sound depressing or anything. This is teaching me to cherish my family more and realize just how much they do for me. And I know they weren't unhappy that I wasn't there with them on New Year's - they wouldn't want me to miss out on my first New Year's kiss.