Happy New Year!

Well, it is officially 2009 here in Kherson. Actually all up and down our time zone, not just here in this one little city. ha!

The fireworks are mostly over. A nice display, but I don't think anything will ever match 2000.

How is it possible that 2000 is 9 years ago now? Oh my!

I am pretty tired tonight and a glass of Sovietsky Champagne doesn't help my eyes want to stay awake, that's for sure. (We prefer Odessa Champagne but the place we went today to buy it only had Sovietsky. I have no idea what the difference is - I am not a connoisseur - I don't even know how to spell it with out a spell checker!)

I stood on the balcony for about 15 minutes, watching the sky light up all around. In the distance, the fireworks could not be seen due to the height of the buildings, but the sky lit up nicely in mostly red indicating that they were going off all over the city. Here in our little area and between the buildings there were fireworks going off everywhere. And not little ones either! Big ones. Not as big as they set off on top of Pikes Peak each New Year's Eve, but very big considering they are done by private citizens. Loud ones - big booms that shake the windows sometimes. Loud booms going off all over the city.

Cheyenne is not a happy cat. She's meowed at me several times since I came in and is currently sitting under my chair. I feel sorry for the street animals on New Year's Eve.

Oh - there go some more fireworks!

But it's time for me and for Mel to head for bed now.

2009.

Wow.