Somehow I've spent 10 NYEs in the state of North Carolina, even though I only lived there for five. Not that N.C. counts as "exotic".

This year I was thinking of flying out to the West Coast on the evening of 12/31, going to a party for a few hours and then flying back on one of the first flights of 1/1. No carryons, no hotel room, nothing but my inebriated self. I thought better of it and will actually be getting a hotel room for a few hours' sleep. Still, I'll be gone for only about 28 hours, and eight of those will be spent on planes.

Usually it's hard for me to celebrate the passage of time, which is what NYE pretty much is, but this year is an exception.