Whatever makes you feel the sun from the inside out

 Jay was at his wit's end. He thought for sure he could ring in the new year alone. Well, at least with just Amanda. However, throw in some snow and a sleepover and suddenly life changed. Especially, what had Cara done to Amanda's hair?

His sweet Amanda. Maybe there was just too much girl time. A part of him felt he'd deprived Amanda all this time, but he thought she had plenty of friendships. There was Angel and Jared after all.

Oh, this ungodly long time of family and togetherness. They didn't even make it over to see Amanda's parents. They had been sick. Of course, Jay felt he might be sick.

But as luck would have it, after the cold snap came a warming trend and he ended up grilling steaks for the new year. Of course, there was Kenny who paid for the groceries. After all, he and Cara were staying with them during Twixmas Break. 

Naturally, he wondered if these people still had jobs. He still went to work and Amanda only went in the morning but had plenty of time to try all those little macaroon shops and milk tea afternoons with Cara. One would have thought they were visiting some other country. But Kenny drove them around and each evening there was something to eat from a new place they shopped. 

"Shouldn't we be worried about Aaron and Jodie?" Jay got back to the original worry they kept Cara and Kenny in the burbs.

"I think they're fine," Cara said about Aaron and his Dad. They'd seen them at Christmas. They'd given his dad Alton plenty. He seemed to be a kid in a candy store. They'd all given him something and he said he was blessed. 

Jay could only grit a grin now. So that's what this was all about. They were blessed. He supposed so. Because he did savor the chance to eat steak one more night while Cara and Kenny were here. Still, he hoped Amanda didn't go blonde. Didn't she know she wasn't Scandanavian?