My day started off at 03:30 or so, when I got called in.

After getting the exam done, I realized that it was really too late to go back to bed, so I fixed myself some ham and eggs.

I don't know if that was the problem or not, but....

I spent the rest of the day on the pot, it seems like.

I'm doing better now, though. I was really afraid that the day might wind up like xmas eve, but it's not that bad.

Work was OK, busy, and we had the part-time tech on vacation too, so there were only three of us there all day. And the call guy is probably still there, wouldn't surprise me a bit.

But, as they say, that's *his* problem.

I'll be taking call Saturday night, but he's got it until then. I don't envy him a bit, no I don't.

Karen and I don't have any plans at all tonight, we'll probably go to bed early, in fact. I'm gonna try to get her to go out to the New China Inn to eat, and that will be it. We haven't been out to eat in a long, long time.

I need to write a long entry about the love of my life. Karen is the best thing that has ever happened to me, barely nudging out of first place the fact that I have a wonderful mother. Speaking of whom, I have a lot of wonderful things that I need to write about my mother too.

Well, this day is getting out of hand.

Karen and I did go out to the chinese buffet and we ate our fill. I was kinda surprised that I was hungry, but I was, and I'm feeling pretty good right now and hoping that it will last.

I myself, though, am not gonna last that much longer. Remember that -3:00 call? Yeah, I'm not gonna make it to anywhere close to midnight.

Before we went to eat, Karen had the oldies station on, and we did a little dancin' yes we did. Right there in the living room, we danced.

A new year.

Hm.

You're probably wondering, "What did Karen and Doug do in, O, 1996?". Well, at the bottom of this entry are links to every entry that I've ever written since 1996... so you can actually, with just a mouse click, find out if I have ever had a more exciting New Year's eve. Aren't you just so lucky to have this opportunity? Don't let it slip through your fingers, now.

I hope that your year is going to be as marvelous as mine is... I have an advantage over you, though. I'm gonna get to spend my year with Karen!

As always, Thanx for being here!