This time around Ray and I didn’t do the normal Izakaya /hangover routine, and instead we chilled with a lot of family/friends and stayed put.  We got to see a lot of friends and just chill at their houses and let the kids play. It was nice for a change and it really felt like we were “family”, spending quality time with good family friends. I used to feel like I had to always go out and drink the last beer,  smoke the last cigarette, and make the last train but this time it felt good not to be hungover and run to catch the last train.  It was nice and easy, woke up without an alarm and didn’t even have a headache. Becoming a parent/old-fart is not as bad as it seems, in recent months I have discovered its not the end of your life, its just closing one chapter and opening the next. It’s all perspective… We can’t play forever… Anyway above is Sho pushing Hugo, Hugo is 2 years old and is a super cute kid, his expressions crack me up. Almost straight out of a Manga/Anime! Sho with the drool, not so much.