Happy New Year!

I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, C'est la vie
I got through all of last year, and I'm here
Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here
Look who's here, I'm still here

--Stephen Sondheim - "I'm Still Here (From ""Follies")

Last year, I made just one resolution: to be here today.  It's one of the few resolutions I've ever fulfilled, so, since I'm on a roll, I'll make the same resolution this year--to be here on January 1, 2015 to renew the resolution.

We went to KU Med yesterday for an echocardiogram.  The techs there had said it would take 45 minutes to an hour, but I got right in, and the procedure took only about 20-25 minutes.  Evidently, chemo can be hard on the heart, so this test was to see how my heart was holding out after the 2½ years of chemo.  The results will be ready in a week or so, just in time for our next meeting with Dr. Van on the 10th. 

Afterwards, we had lunch with a guy I dated for a few months in 1979, the year of Mohamed's birth.  I'd seen him once only briefly in the intervening 34 years, and after all that time, we didn't even recognize each other.  Once connected, we went to the row of restaurants on nearby 39th Street.  Most were jammed, but we found a decent Chinese restaurant, and spent the next hour or so catching up.  At some point during the meal, having missed my morning nap, I crashed.  But luckily, Mohamed was there to drive home. 

The evening was quiet.  I made it up till the ball drop in Times Square and figured that was close enough.

We both wish everyone all the best in 2014--love and peace and joy.