Hanukkah has come and gone

Well, Hanukkah has come and gone and my holiday season has officially ended.  New Year's is tomorrow but I don't know that its a holiday.  The passing of the old year into the new could make some grateful, even relieved, I suppose.  There are promises that make me think counter to this though.  I usually think about these things around Easter, but I'm aware very much right now of the joy that I should have that His promises are renewed each morning, that I am not the same as I was yesterday.  I'm not really looking for an excuse to stay up and see 12:01 to congratulate myself on surviving another year.

Somedays, I'd just much rather be home.