All five of us (including Fenya and Bobby!) have been with Tara and Jerry in Houston since Dec 25, and having a wonderful family holiday together in an experience we are calling “TXmas.”
We’ve been shopping (Buc-ee’s!), travelled to Galveston to touch the Gulf of Mexico and have taken Bobby to Johnson Space Centre, but some of the best times have been just hanging around their lovely home.
Last night was New Year’s Eve, so we went to McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, a listening room and bar with a wonderful kitchen for live music to ring in the new year…in Irish time (i.e. GMT, 6 hours early), so we were done by 6:30!
We had a wonderful time, then came back for time in the hot tub, a visit from their neighbours, a chance to sample an astonishing Goose Island stout (Angel’s Envy) that Jerry generously provided, and then some fireworks.
We ended up ringing the new year in via five time zones: Ireland, Newfoundland, Toronto, Houston, and Edmonton. And we did the Newfoundland one with an impressive barrage of fireworks (early and before the majority of drinking)!
It made for a late night and today has been blessedly languid, but now we are counting down our last moments together, as the kids fly home tomorrow to Toronto and Edmonton. A big chunk of the afternoon was spent watching the Eras Tour, which btw, is a spectacular watch.
And I know future gatherings and holidays will certainly come, but TXmas and NYE 2024 will be hard to top. Even if the next one does include a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt.
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