Out With The Old And In With The New

I took that phrase a little too literally this New Year's Eve.

No "decadence & depravity" for me on December 31st. Instead, a bout with food poisoning, courtesy of a fruit and cheese plate the night before. Have a feeling that the culprits were the juicy, out-of-season blackberries, of which I ate several, Kurt ate some and Celeste a few - resulting in our varying degrees of intestinal ailments. Celeste had a bit of a rumbly stomach, Kurt feeling mighty poorly and I - well, I ended up in the hospital.

Once I drained the last drip out of my I-V at the emergency room, I was simply content to make it home before midnight, tune into a repeat of the final episode of "Sex and the City," and take in a bit of chicken broth. Not a wild evening of vamping, but hey - I live to tell the tale.

Like the title says: Out with the old and in with the new. And, at this rate, in regard to personal karma, I'm owed one heck of a grand 2005. Lookin' forward to it!