January First.. the first day of 2014. I spent my day pointing out firsts.. my first right turn of the new year , my first glass of water of the new year .. My first soldering iron burn of the new year my first grilled cheese, my first programming error…my first hike.  etc.. i called them all off.. and . it drove my family nuts 🙂  !

We had a great night last night at Jen and Jim’s.. lots of new folks i hadn’t met.. but like all meeting in Vermont.. we quickly figured out how we were all connected. played music, sang, ate and fired a cannon.. also Took lots of pictures, but managed to erase them from my phone this morning as I did my first phone. backup of the year..   Diane and I managed to get home right before midinght.. we were in bed to watch the Times Square ball drop and asleep by 12:15. I woke with my first 8 hour sleep since… hmmm.. can’t even remember when .. felt good !

Did my best not to accomplish anything today lest I fall into the panic of making resolutions.. and basically succeeded.though i did work  on a favorite electronics project with my friend John and did make substainial progress there.. but it was accidental progress 🙂

Also did soem cathing iup on email which i was carefully avoidin last week.. I n all those firsts, were soem lasts.. a half dozen friends were leaving their job either for other places.. or for retirements .. New years is a time for endings as well as begininnings.

I’m looking forward to this year.. .  now to begin…

(hye.. my first blog post of the year !)

nite all, nite sam

-me