This year at the annual Kappa-family-New Year's Day-superstitious-dinner, the "lucky coin" was found in my piece of bread.

I consider it lucky already in that I didn't accidentally bite down on the coin and break my teeth! I'll let you know if it turns out to be lucky in the way it claims to be though. :-)

I grew up in Massachusetts and realized that in all my time here I had never gone to see the ice sculptures in person at Copley Plaza in Boston on New Years Eve. I decided it was about time I did! Here are some of the sculptures in all their glory:

Goodbye, 2012!

Hope you all have a wonderful New Year!

2012 was a great year for me both personally and professionally
but
it was hard for the positive to not be overshadowed when something horrible happened at the end of October:

my aunt died tragically/suddenly after being hit by a car, then being in a coma, then being taken off life support...

I had never dealt with something like that before.
Yes, I've had family pass away in the past but not in such an out of nowhere fashion. I had never been in a situation where I went to a hospital and talked to someone in a coma and wondered if they could actually hear me...

It's given me a different perspective on a lot of things and reminded me what is really important. Which is what I guess happens to all of us when we lose someone.

Life is short. Live it. Don't wait to do things. Make them happen. Let the people in your life know how much they mean to you. What other cliche line can I throw in here?

You get the point! :-)

Anyway,I hope you all had a fab 2012 and that 2013 is even better!

Tonight I headlined at Southern New Hampshire University.

I loved these interesting/random statues that were in front of the building I performed at:

There ended being a good turn out of lovely laughing/attentive students:

Thanks to all of the brave souls who attended! :-)

I donate blood for the 1st time today

and

didn't pass out!

Yay!