January 1, 2010 11:45 PM

I guess that my wife and I are real party types!

We had dinner over at a friend's house this evening with another couple there as well. Come to find out that one couple went to bed at 8:30 last night and the other at 10:30! Our staying up to midnight just blew their minds away. I guess that ringing in the new year just doesn't have the same appeal that it used to for some.

And it was a good day today as well as yesterday. Having friends over last night to welcome the new year was really nice. They slept over, had breakfast here this morning, and went home around eleven o'clock. Not very wild by our standards, but I guess that our standards differ somewhat from that of some of our other friends.

Tonight's friends were church friends and they are ever so looking forward to our return. I feel so blessed that these people feel this way because I really don't feel that I deserve all this hoopla that is beginning to surround my return in a month or so.

But I feel great physically and, as I start to resume more and more activities, all my friends continue to make me feel great both mentally and emotionally as well. I cannot put a price on how valuable that is to me. Not that I have ever had a problem keeping my spirits up, but these people just seem to elevate me over the top.

2010 is starting off real well...

Bob