I just came back New Year's Eve from a week at home which was amazingly relaxing and revelationary at once. On one hand I got to spend a lot of time at home and saw some people I haven't seen in years. My cousin who is now 18 is like buff and tall and is a "man." I talked to people who are older than me and connected with them now that i'm a "grown up" even though at all the parties I was still at the "little" kids table. Most of all however, I had this great trip to Tahoe with 13 people, some from San Diego and most from Michigan.