LIGHTING THINGS UP

Turns out staying up until 3:30 a.m., after eating a huge feast and standing outside in the cold for an hour with your neck craned will decimate you nearly as much as if you were drunk while doing it. At least if you are 29, like me. Even though I’ve been in training all of vacation for the staying up until 3 a.m. part of New Year’s Eve, today was pretty much a complete wash. The teenager blew us off last night, so we were only 15, but man, the 5 kids (2 of whom were ours) made it feel...