Planning Redux

Well I set out all of our plans for the weekend the other day and they've all gone to hell.

New Year's Eve we're staying home... at least we're staying home as of right now. It could still revert back to the old plans... we're flip-floppy like that some times. The current issue is two fold. First, the weather is going to suck a little tonight and we're not sure driving an hour plus to the north is going to be terribly safe. Add in the obligatory influx of drunken New Year celebrating schmucks on the road and it becomes less safe. Second, neither Jen nor I are feeling all that great. We're both starting to come down with something. Yippee. I am a little better than yesterday thanks to a decent night's sleep, but I'm still really tired. The kids may have a better shot at making it to midnight tonight than I do.

So... as of this moment (still subject to adjustments) I think we are staying home tonight, just the four of us. We'll play some Rock Band, watch some Harry Potter, eat some Chinese food, and watch the ball drop.

Tomorrow the primary goal is still to watch the NHL Winter Classic. Both teams won easily last night. Philly beat the Rangers 6-0 and Boston beat Atlanta 4-0. We watched most of the Bruins game and it was a thing of beauty. If they play like that tomorrow they will win. Of course, Atlanta's goalie going in the tank against us for the second time in a week might have had something to do with all the fun.

In further Bruins news, four players (so far) have been named to their nation's Olympic Hockey Teams. Zdeno Chara will play for Slovakia. That is what we in the hockey world refer to as a no brainer. Marco Sturm will play for Germany. Again, pretty much a given seen as there aren't many NHL caliber players from Germany. David Krejci will play for the Czech Republic. I'm not as up on the state of the Czech national team as I was a few years ago, so I don't know if that was an obvious choice or not. I do know that it was a good choice. The pleasant surprise was the addition of Patrice Bergeron to the Canadian team. He was not invited to their orientation camp and no one expected him to be named. All he did was play at the top of his game all year. That's what it took to earn a spot. Congrats to all of them, but extra congrats to Bergie. Nice going.

Saturday is also down the tubes. There will be a game night, but it is starting too late for us to go. We have the kids and have to be able to get them home and put them to bed at a decent hour. The game night will be starting too late in the evening for that to work. We would drive 45 minutes to get there, then stay for an hour, then drive another 45 minutes home. It's just not doable. Which means we miss another game night. We both really wanted to go to this one. We both are getting a little tired of things not working out for us in the game night department.

The plan for Sunday remains the same... sleep. I think I can do that.

For all of you going out celebrating tonight, be safe and have a very Happy New Year's Eve.