[MaryAlice]

Happy New Year.

I can remember sitting in a school classroom as a kid wondering what life would be like when the seemingly way off and futuristic sounding year 2000 would be reached. And here we are 25 years past that date.

2026 will arrive before I can figure out how it got to be 2025. Where does the time go?

Agreed, Christopher ... I recall all the hoopla over Y-2K ... seems like eons ago.  Oh, and the world was going to come to an end in the Year 2012 because (either) the Incan or Aztec calendar only calculated as far as the year 2012.  

As for where the time goes, over the last 40 years, I've discovered that time goes by as fast as I'm going; while over the past few years, my life came to almost a grinding halt, slowing down considerably ... for which I'm most grateful.  Have learned how to say "no" to a lot of people and things which are really not in my best interest.

Happy New Year!