New Year's Eve

Alright, so this post is a little late, as it’s technically the 4^th already, but hey, I’ve been busy ringing in the new year and going on lady dates with my best friend and such.

I had an absolutely fantastic New Year’s Eve, mostly because I spent it with some of my favorite people. One of my best friends (whom I affectionately refer to as ‘the blonde’) invited me to her home to ring in the New Year with her and her fiancé. Originally, there were supposed to be a few other people, but plans fell through and so it was just the three of us.

Her and I spent most of the day watching the 25^th anniversary Les Miserables concert and geeking out, and then we watched a recording of a stage version of The Wizard of Oz in which her fiancé played the cowardly lion (and did an amazing job).

In a stroke of luck, another of my best friend’s was able to join us in the evening, and the four of us played some card games and had some drinks. I was planning on taking plenty of pictures, but we got so caught up in our games and having fun that we didn’t remember to photograph the night. We almost missed midnight because we were having so much fun.

With four minutes to midnight, we managed to rush and get in some last pictures of 2013 and then set off a couple fireworks as the clock struck midnight.

Cosmopolitans with the blonde.

Last picture of the three of us before 2013!

Fireworks!

First official best friend picture of 2013!

I was planning on typing up a few hilarious quotes from the evening, of which there were a ton, but, well, as I was sufficiently inebriated I don’t really have enough recollection of what all was said to make a list.

However, there is this gem from Angelica while we were playing a card game called Rocketship. The first round of the game, each person is supposed to guess the color of their card. When it got to Angelica’s turn, this is what happened:

The Blonde: “Angelica: red or black?”

Angelica: “Blue!”

She was completely serious. It took her almost an entire minute to realize why the three of us were laughing so hard.

I hope everyone out there in the blogosphere had a wonderful New Year’s, and I wish everyone the best of luck in 2013!

Christmas Eve

            I hope everyone out there in the blogosphere is having a wonderful Christmas Eve. In my head, Christmas Eve should be a relaxing, slightly uneventful day full of hot chocolate (or hot coffee, depending on the person), lazing around the house, and a never-ending supply of Christmas movies. Christmas Eve should be the calm before the storm – Christmas day is always pretty hectic (albeit wonderful), and I think we all deserve a day to prepare ourselves and that’s why Christmas Eve exists.

At least, that’s how it would be in my perfect world.

I do not live in a perfect world.

I live in a world where I work retail, and Christmas Eve is one of the busiest days of the year.

            I don’t want to sound ungrateful. I am happy to have a job, and for the most part I actually enjoy my job and the company I work for. Today, however, I have learned that I do not like my job on Christmas Eve. It’s not so much that the store is incredibly busy as everyone is rushing to do last minute shopping. It’s more along the lines of everyone is in a hurry and unfortunately this tends to make tempers short and attitudes sour. I honestly don’t understand it.

            I know that this time of year can be stressful, and I have experienced my own fair share of that stress, but I can’t comprehend taking my own stress out on an innocent bystander who is just trying to do their job. I hate how as we get closer and closer to the holidays, people’s attitudes get nastier and nastier. It makes me sad. With that being said, tomorrow is Christmas, which happens to be my all-time favorite day of the year. Call me cliché, but Christmas holds a magic that I can’t describe, and I love to soak it in.

I am looking forward to Christmas morning with my siblings, doing our at home celebration before visiting extended family.

I’m looking forward to being in the kitchen with my sister making breakfast, and that first cup of Christmas coffee that tastes somehow better than it does every other day of the year.

I’m looking forward to the looks on my nieces’ and nephews’ faces when they open their presents.

Overall, I am just looking forward to spending Christmas with my family and sharing in that magic that Christmas brings.

I hope you all do the same.