Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I am back in Londres and not digging this whole "going back to work" thing.  After two weeks out of the office, I think I forgot how to work.

However, I had a great time at home.  Christmas was not without it's family excitement (read: craziness), but it went by very quickly, as it always seems to do.  Sunday I woke up to tons of snow, and it just kept coming (that's what she said)!  My dad was very happy because he got to use old Bessy.

In total, we got about 20 inches of snow!

  It was crazy.  So Sunday was pretty much a bust, but by Monday the streets were all cleared!  I love America.

The rest of the week was filled with adventures to the mall with my mom and Liz, lunches with friends, dinner with family, etc, etc.  On Thursday, Katie came down from Boston and spent the night.  We watched Inception.  It was the first time I had seen it.  Katie thinks in the end it was reality.  I think it was a dream.  I think this highlights our opposing views - she is more optimistic, I'm a little bit more cynical (I'm working on it!).

Friday we took the train into the city for new years.  We went to Margy's house to get ready, and then headed over to Maura's for a party.  Here's just one picture (photobombed by my brother..thanks Mike!):

I think we all had a great time.  Low stress, lots of laughs, some dancing.  Then a few of us went to meet Lindsey and her bf at a club in the west village.  Around 4 am, Katie, Margy and I headed back to Margy's, complete with pizza in hand (my first meal of 2011).

The next morning we went to brunch, then Katie and I headed back to Jersey, and shortly after I headed off to the airport. I always think 10 days is such a long time, but it really flies by!