For the first time in years I'll be home in Los Angeles for Christmas. How lovely it will be to celebrate it at home with family again!

There are certain things that I particularly miss while I'm living out here in China, and one of them is the spirit of the holidays. Mind you, this was always intensely stressful time for me. Worrying about how I was going to pay off my credit card bills once I had bought all my gifts. Worrying about how I was going to fit in all of the ( Read more... )

One of my students just sent me this text message:

"Wish you 12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of laughter, 8760 hours of good luck, 525,600 min of joy, 31,536,000 sec of success. All the best for 2006."

I wish you all the same. Happy New Year.