After waking up in 2024, I was sitting on the edge of my bed intending to look at messages on the phone. My bed was probably made on a farm in West Tennessee in the 1800’s, so it is quite tall. I was sitting about waist high. During the night the mattress topper must have shifted. With little warning, I slipped off the bed, landing on my feet. Ah ha!!! I literally did it the German way for the first time!! Friend Gerhard has always translated his new year’s greeting as “sliding into the new year.” I did it for real!!