This year, for New Year’s weekend, Donovan and I wanted to abandon our typical New Year’s Eve plans and make a last minute trip. Usually, we host a New Year’s Eve “come as you are” party at our house where we cook big pots of chicken and sausage gumbo and our friends and family come and go throughout the night to hang out. Our lamps are all on timers, so we always joke that when the lights go out at 10pm, it’s time for everyone to leave! Since COVID numbers were jumping up in our area, we thought it would be best to not have a ton of people at…