New Year in 2019

Jan 11th - 1:04pm

Well it’s finally Friday!

Not that that matters much to me. I only get Sundays off, but it’s still fun to pretend. Plus LivePD is on tonight and it’s a lot easier to make it through one more day as opposed to six. =)

Still trying to look at the bright side around here. I have other things to say about life and everything, but I really want to mention some stuff about New Years that I have yet to even start typing. I’m not even sure I remember much of it anymore. haha!

[Then my radio gets stuck and when I get it playing again that “wedding song” comes on and I wish I didn’t have so many reminders of a man who really was only an ego boost to my soul..]

New Years!

I was really hoping for some quiet alone time at home, as I mentioned, but that certainly wasn’t going to happen. I know that mom isn’t anywhere near the kind of introverted homebody that I am but she seemed to have a weird thing about leaving me this year. Did she notice the depression? Did she think I was going to do something stupid with the maybe boy next door? I don’t know. shrug Either way she turned down a couple invitations and we were just sitting around in the morning.

By early afternoon the neighbour had texted to tell me she’d seen one of the kittens that’s been living in our backyard. We’d been to their house a couple days earlier when they invited us for food because they were watching the fight. After some back and forth joking about the cats she asked if we had any plans for the night because they were having people over and we were welcome to join. Hmm..ok that might be fun.

Actually, sidenote: we went over there on New Years Day to cook sopitos and mom ended up mentioning stuff about how I don’t like a lot of people etc. And it’s true. I felt so instantly comfortable with them and they usually have a good group of people over. Everyone I’ve met so far has been nice though. Like they instantly took us in and accepted us as part of the family. I can’t remember the last time I felt that comfortable around strangers. It’s just nice, and relaxing, and no expectations to be someone you’re not.

That’s the whole reason we ended up deciding to go over. I asked what we could bring and she said anything and that they’d get together like 6:30ish. Apparently later we found out that she asked H what he wanted us to bring and he said something like, “who cares because everything they make is good!” haha. Isn’t that nice!?

There were at least a handful of times that I heard someone say we were like family. Not just them but his parents too. I want to say there were 8 of us total that day, not including the kids. I think some other people had been there earlier but they left before we arrived. Still pretty easy going though.

We ate hamburgers and fries. Our spinach dip seemed well received. Our new pecan tart recipe was definitely popular. We took a little tin filled with them and I saw a few people try them. Later I walked back into the kitchen and I think there were 3 left. haha. Someone was sitting a little too close to the tin I think. =P

I wouldn’t say there was anything too crazy going on. Mostly just talking and hanging out.

I’d had some whiskey at the house before I left. I figured I’d be drinking beer for the rest of the night so no big deal. I love that they are beer drinkers! I haven’t really had any beer drinking friends since college [except for CK who disappeared on me]. The only thing that sucks about that is the fact that beer makes you have to go to the bathroom all the time! haha. I don’t know why but I feel weird going to the bathroom there when I literally live next door.

Of course I didn’t finish this yesterday. smh. I’m terrible at this game.

To continue: I don’t think I need to talk anymore about how much I have to pee when I drink beer. haha.

So someone got me a beer after I arrived. Then later they were joking about this ‘fancy’ bottle of wine the compa brought over so they called him inside to open it. This dude sits outside a lot and “watches” the food cooking. I can’t figure out if he’s kinda anti-social or if he’s usually drunk by the time I get there. hah. When I went over a couple days before he hardly said a word and when we left he looked like he was high so I don’t know.

This night though! He was super out of his usual character! It was cool. He was friendly and funny! He told us all about his fancy wine [I think he works for the vineyard?] and let us try it. It was pretty tasty but I don’t know much about wine.

After that we finally sat down for dinner. We’d let everyone else go before us so as they were finishing up we went to sit down. One of their daughters was talking to us about her Christmas gifts and brought out all these little kits to make things. She ended up showing us all [the girls at least] how to make bracelets with little rubber bands. Then, I think because we did such a terrible job, she started making some for us. haha. It was cute and she’s very sweet. I told her to surprise me with my colors and I have the yellow one she made for me sitting right here at my desk. =)

Eventually everyone started getting up from the table. My mom got a phone call and she went to meet a friend who had made some food for us. Actually I ended up with like 3 more invitations after I accepted the one from the neighbor. JR invited me to tacos. These people invited us. And the client texted to see if I wanted to go to his friend’s house with him. Of course he asked this like maybe within about 10 minutes of the neighbour. I told him I had just made plans and he should have asked earlier. He kept insisting that I should go with him instead. Apparently there’s some sort of midnight kiss tradition? shrug I told him I didn’t know of such things. haha. ;)

Anyway so my mom left and at some point this guy they call Strange sat down and a couple minutes later we were the only two left at the table. Uhh…kinda awkward. I’m not really one to talk much, especially to a stranger. I just don’t have much to say. We did talk a little though. Turns out that’s his last name and that’s why they call him that. He showed me his ID and everything. I asked where a name like that even comes from. haha! I don’t remember talking about much else. Maybe something about the wine and then el compa came by and we asked him a question and he went off on another spiel about it. hah. After that this Strange guy got on his phone and I used that as an opportunity to grab the beer bottles off the table to go recycle them in the kitchen where everyone else was. Clever right? haha.

Oh, so when I sat down to eat I’d grabbed another beer from the fridge. About halfway through my dinner H came by and sat some pinkish looking drink in front of me and said it was mine. I don’t know why but I must trust the guy because after I finished my beer [which I felt obligated to drink] I started drinking that concoction. It was pretty good too. Found out later it had vodka so that made sense.

I made an excuse to stay in the kitchen but did feel slightly bad for leaving Strange alone. He followed not too long after though. And it turned into a riot in there. We were all just standing around laughing and talking. At some point I told H my cup was empty and he got up to make me another one. Funny how easy it is with them. I was joking with everyone like I’d known them for years. I never would have said that to anyone else if I’d only known them for a few months like H. They’re my kinda people I guess.

Mom came back and I kept asking her if she wanted another drink from home. Not only did I want her to keep drinking so we could stay longer but she also got the hint that I wanted to go home to pee. hah. Such a nice night outside too!

The shots started flowing either before or after this. haha! I know I had a tequila shot that I didn’t originally want but let myself be peer pressured into. On purpose =P Then I had a couple shots of what I can only assume was vodka with a splash of cranberry juice. And at least one shot of whiskey at the end of the night. It was quite the crazy mixture I had going on but I didn’t care much. I wasn’t going far and I was having so much fun. haha.

And the giggling. Oh the giggling. I was like a little girl that couldn’t control herself! El compa started calling me “kid” during all this. I always loved when the coffeeguy called me kiddo. haha. I don’t even know why. It just seems sweet for some reason. Plus, I discovered that night, I am actually the youngest in that group. One of the guys is only a year older but it’s funny that I always end up the youngster in any group of people I hang out with. I think I heard the compa call my mom “mama” a couple times during the shot taking too. haha. And one time I was doubled over laughing so much that he asked what the hell was wrong with me and started laughing too. Which of course made me laugh more. Mom told them/him it was because I had a dirty mind [I was actually laughing at something said between us that my gutter mind took the wrong way hah!] and I heard someone say something that sounded like, “she has a dirty ass.” Which didn’t make sense at all so maybe I missed the joke? Either way I was too busy laughing to care and sorta figured it might actually be in reference to my butt. lol. I was wearing tight jeans and had managed to squeeze into this gold and black sweater that was definitely accentuating my curves.

A couple of good things that happened despite the fact that I was pretty tipsy: I kept looking down at my empty cup but stopped short of asking for another refill. And when my mom decided she was ready to go I initially said I’d stay longer, but by the time she was saying bye I decided to go with her. Mostly I felt guilty that it was New Years and she was going home alone. It was some time after 1am at this point. It’s a good thing I went home too! Because I probably would have kept drinking with those guys. Once I’d walked out and the cold air hit me on the walk home, I got inside my house and realized I was quite drunk. Like one more drink might have pushed me over the edge into hurling in their bathroom. =\

Oh and el compa insisted on walking us home that night. As if we were going to get lost, or kidnapped, or something. Dude went out there in shorts and a t-shirt too. Crazy! Later I joked that I was pretty sure if anything happened we were going to be the ones defending him. He was drunker than I was! I heard the next day that he had it rough b/c he’d apparently had something like 15 beers + all the shots we had! I mixed more than I should have but I was totally fine the next morning. I had the sense to chug a 16oz glass of water before bed in between the room spinning. I should have had more but yay for no hangover!

Jan 14th - 4:33pm
Yup. This is it. Whatever I don’t finish today isn’t getting posted. haha. I’m such a procrastinator!

I’m not even sure what else I was going to say here. Probably just got distracted.

Basically the whole point of this long rambling retelling of the day is that I had a ton of fun and I cannot remember the last time I laughed that much. It was so good for my soul!! Exactly what I didn’t even know I needed to start my year off on a high note! They are such a good time and make me feel so comfortable. The kind of people that don’t care what you look like or where you come from. I haven’t felt any sort of judgment at all and that’s so nice, and unfortunately kinda rare, in this day and age.

I am just so happy that it all worked out the way that it did! I’ll try my best to hold on to that feeling throughout the rest of this year. I need good things! =)

rose.

Last updated January 15, 2019