Happy New Year

My mom calls last night to wish me and the fam Happy New Year.

At 5:15 p.m.

A good seven hours before this time zone would actually ring in 2008.

I told her that that kind of advanced planning reminded me of when I was a kid and she'd tell me to get ready to go to bed at, like, 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Her response: "Close enough."