I have good feelings about this 2008. There have been several good omens already. For one, at work, the year stickers we put on the patients charts are purple this year. Last year they were brown (blech) the year before that they were gray (dreary) but this year they are a beautiful eggplant shade and I'm quite pleased.
I had no real celebration plans going into today but somehow it all came together and I actually had quite a lovely time. Perhaps the best New Year's in awhile. I had dinner with my parents & 2 out of 3 nieces followed by "dinner" at Saffron with Ari, Jim, Nick, & Schmemily. Emily downed 3 Sweet Lussies and made herself sick. She spent the second half of the gathering either in the restroom or walking outside to get fresh air. Poor, Schmem. She then left us to "go get wasted with the 'rents" because that's the kind of girl she is. The rest of us headed to the liquor store to buy gum, which sounds suspiciously innocent but I swear to God it's true. Then we went to a party at Nick's friend, Kristin's, house. Usually at those occassions I am without sidekick(s) and therefore silent and awkward, but with Jim and Ari there it actually turned out to be fun. What was surprising was that even after they left I still had fun, mostly because Nicky & I are wicked awesome and do awesome dancing and awesome photo shoots in enormous bathtubs and mysterious stairwells.
The bottomline is that the New Year started with a bang and here's hoping it maintains. I even have a new resolution to bring back the high five. High fives are great. They make everybody feel good and promote togetherness. Are high fives the way to world peace? Quite possibly. Give it a shot.
I had no real celebration plans going into today but somehow it all came together and I actually had quite a lovely time. Perhaps the best New Year's in awhile. I had dinner with my parents & 2 out of 3 nieces followed by "dinner" at Saffron with Ari, Jim, Nick, & Schmemily. Emily downed 3 Sweet Lussies and made herself sick. She spent the second half of the gathering either in the restroom or walking outside to get fresh air. Poor, Schmem. She then left us to "go get wasted with the 'rents" because that's the kind of girl she is. The rest of us headed to the liquor store to buy gum, which sounds suspiciously innocent but I swear to God it's true. Then we went to a party at Nick's friend, Kristin's, house. Usually at those occassions I am without sidekick(s) and therefore silent and awkward, but with Jim and Ari there it actually turned out to be fun. What was surprising was that even after they left I still had fun, mostly because Nicky & I are wicked awesome and do awesome dancing and awesome photo shoots in enormous bathtubs and mysterious stairwells.
The bottomline is that the New Year started with a bang and here's hoping it maintains. I even have a new resolution to bring back the high five. High fives are great. They make everybody feel good and promote togetherness. Are high fives the way to world peace? Quite possibly. Give it a shot.
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