Alas.... those who empower, with the placement of their signature, the release of the pittance upon which I subsist have decreed that the kilt cannot be worn in place of the prescribed uniform; I will not be kilted for a portion of the day. I will be kilted the morning and early afternoon until I have to leave for work. I get off duty about an hour before the "ball drops" local time. I am taking my kilt to work and will change before I leave to rush to the house of the person where the Welcoming of the New Year is taking place. Private celebration, just the two of us and if I don't talk myself out of it before then, I plan to ask her to change from S.O. to Mrs. as the ball drops.