So how is everyone planning to spend their New Year's Eve? My plans are
to stay home. Too many drunk drivers (like I used to be) out there.
After sundown the illegal fireworks will start going off, stressing the
cats. They need me in the apartment to reassure them. Around midnight
the guns come out, with shots fired into the air and a hail of spent
bullets dropping from the sky. And more fireworks.
So I'll be at home, listening to "classical" music on KUSC-FM from 7 PM
onwards. One of my AA friends does my apartment cleaning, and she has
spiffed up my bedroom. I now have black film over the windows, to
improve sleep. Light comes from a single 25 watt red bulb. Yes, The Cat
House now has a Red Light District.