What a weekend!
Friday started out with a very short day at work. Got out just after hearing back from my realtor reporting back that the former owner of the condo just bought a new place and can’t pay for all the things they left wrong with my place. Not so much can’t as “don’t want to.” So, I sent her back to fight it out with their realtor because they have messed with me way too long. And I still don’t like their realtor.
Picked up Ian and stopped by the ‘rents to have lunch and hang out with them and Sonny. Headed over to Costco to stock up on food for Saturday, then spent the rest of the afternoon/evening cleaning and preparing.
Saturday, got up early for the festivities. Finished preparing some BBQ chicken and answered a handful of phone calls from family double-checking details for the day. First party: family. We had my immediate family and local relatives, Ian’s immediate family, BFF, Jackee, and Sonny’s future roommate. Turns out we have enough seating for about 25 people. It was exceptionally loud, but seemed like everyone had fun. There was a rowdy game of Taboo, cake for my cousin’s 18th birthday (she’s a new yeary’s baby), and a nice mix of people and conversation.
As the gathering started to dwindle and things started to calm down, we began preparations for our New Year’s Eve soiree. Siblings, cousins, and friends all came to hang out. Gave a dozen tours of the condo, saw a handful of people I haven’t seen in ages, and caught up on some gossip. There was a game of Celebrity, lots of food and drink, and some enthusiastic ADD karaoke. I got some nice quantity time in with my cousin attempting to cut out Jell-O jigglers, which didn’t turn out so well. We still had fun though and got to look through all 100 of the cookie cutters Sonny got me for Christmas.
The party started to thin out around 2am and went to bed a little over an hour later after the boys had their fill of video games and I got caught up on the Animal Crossing new year’s celebration.
Got up bright and early the next morning to meet up with TLD for brunch. Went over to Fireflies in Alexandria, where TLD, Steph, Aaron, and Sonny were already waiting for us. Saw News Channel 7′s Doug McKelway
download Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns dvd
Tyson movie
playing banjo with his bluegrass band there. Spent most of the rest of the day sleeping, cleaning, and watching football.
Today, slept in, went to home depot, watched the Hokies win (even though Marcus did play a little dirty), then did family dinner night with Ian and his parents. And finished cleaning up too, so now I can move on to returning all the stuff I borrowed for the parties.
Alright… almost time for bed. Just need to take care of my town first. :) -j.
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