NEW QUARTER'S EVE

I don't get the whole hype about New Year's Eve. So what if the calendar changes to a new year number? It's just another day in the natural world.

I just finished listening to my co-worker whine about who she will or will not invite to her party, and how her best friend will not come unless his girlfriend's college friend and her boyfriend will be invited. Everyone wants all their friends to come to their party, but it's obvious that your friends have more than just you as a friend. When there are parties going on everywhere at the same time, it is impossible to have all your friends at one party. There's no reason to be so upset about it...

Has it ever occurred to them that some people have a different fiscal year? What about the people who have to work on New Year's Eve? How are they supposed to feel?

All this led me to think that New Year's Eve should be staggered into different times so that people can participate in more than one party. I came up with the idea of NEW QUARTER'S EVE. Instead of one party to usher in one month of the year (really, is January any more significant than October?), we should have a party for every quarter at midnight of April, July, and October 1st, each with equal importance.