  All my travels are done, at least for another week. From more Christmases than I can count to an amazing formal (and catered! ) New Years' party at Meaghan's place in Madison, and a 14-hour road trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana somewhere in between... well, I'm just plumb tuckered out.
It's nice to sit at home and just waste time. I don't think I can remember the last time I stayed up this late! Life is wonderful. I look around and see so much love, so much life... and realize how much opportunity and potential I have. I can literally do anything I want with my life. I'm excited by that. California in less than a week! I'm psyched for sun and warmth for a change... AND not having to drive to get there! Thank you, Southwest Airlines.
Lauren and I are doing great. Really great. She's a pain in my ass sometimes, and I'm a pain in hers, and somehow we make each others' lives better just by being there with each other, and also by doing and saying a million other little things that nobody can count or measure... but without which life just isn't the same. So, Laur, for that I thank you. You know what I mean. 
