New Year's Eve and Day

Breon and Liam came to visit New Year's Eve. It was snowy and lovely as we walked the City. In one month, Liam has changed more than any human I've ever seen change in a month. Even Killian (but maybe that's because you see the people you live with differently). Liam's a real teenager now -- no foolin' around.  I couldn't help but notice that he may have gained the 14 pounds Killian has lost. 

Mark from Candle Cafe brought some New Year's Eve nutrition and party favors. There was a party at the McDonald House. Cally won some Toys R Us gift cards for winning the dance contest, which she clearly put her heart into. Though we Mansfields love a party, we are not known as late night party-goers. Yet again, we did not make it to midnight. 

New Year's day, Killian, Phil and Cally went to Toys R Us (to dispense with aforementioned gift card, which apparently was burning a hole in Cally's pocket) in Times Square. Though they witnessed the residue of the previous-night's world party, it did not hold the same fascination for them as it always did for me when I worked in that area. I loved all the sewers lined with confetti and the QUIET: so unusual for Times Square. They walked about a good part of the day and Killian required only one dose of morphine. Same today. He's doing really well. We expect a quiet weekend, but he's still fragile enough that we'll stay in the City.

He's begun to work on the album again.