A New Year's Eve Update

Happy New Year’s Eve!

I’m about to embark on a drive to Springfield, MO to visit my girlfriend. I’ll leave tomorrow morning (New Year’s Day), but not before visiting with some friends tonight.

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We were supposed to have a family-friend party here in the Stratford area tonight, but worries over ice had that postponed until tomorrow night.

I also have some friends in Ames and Des Moines that I might visit tonight.

Tunes

For the seven-hour drive, I'm armed with some good audio material: TED Talks Podcasts!

I’m also quite fond of this classical tune, Die Moldau or Vitiva. Done by a composer named Bedrich Smetana: