It's a little disappointing...I was kind of hoping we could stay at home together and celebrate the new year as a family, as we used to. Instead we're going to a boring party hosted by my mother's work partner/friend, my older sisters will be elsewhere, and my older brother will be at home - to say nothing of my extended family, whom I probably won't see at all today. Now that I think about it, this happened last year as well - a tradition I can't get behind. It feels artificial, and I wish things could go back to the way they once were. Oh, well.