On Sunday in church, it was announced that the orphanage was having a prayer service at 2:00 PM so went over for the prayer service but they didn’t have it. They were planning a “crossover into the new year prayer vigil” but we have been told by several people that we need to be home before dark so we did not attend. So we went home, ate dinner then watched “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. The grocery store finally had popcorn so I made popcorn in our big metal pan made out of old car parts. No microwave popcorn for us – oh, no microwave either. So I made popcorn on the stove (cooker) and we broke out the M&M’s that Jamie brought us when she was here in November. Thanks Jamie, it was a great treat.
Then the LOUD music started about 9:30 – this was the “thumper” music. It sounded to me like this music was louder than the Christmas Eve music. I think it was because it was directly across the street from us this time as opposed to up the street. We also had lots of fireworks with this music. Then we had dueling music and they were both loud. Unbelievable. And there is absolutely nothing that anyone does about it. Whether it is New Year’s Eve or any other day of the week – no one cares. We closed the windows in the bedroom before we went to bed even though it is really hot with them closed. We put earplugs in, rolled over and hoped we were tired enough to tune it out.
I fell asleep because a little bit after midnight, Ray woke me up to say “Happy New Year”. He said it was really loud at midnight but I slept right through it - must have been the good ear plugs.
This was one of those nights that we wish we would have had a blackout because it would have been quieter but no blackout – we had power all night.
Happy 2009 everyone!!
May God bless you in this new year.
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