The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism...

Wow, what a weekend... So, the party went great if I do say so myself. I spent Friday after work doing all the Meijering (yes, it is a verb) and started baking the cake I had planned for the party. Saturday for the most part was a fast trip out to get a few last minute items and frantic cleaning. The highlight of all the preparation was getting a very unexpected phone call from my friend Lodina who was going to be able to come to the party after all. I haven't seen her in a year or two (she lives up in London, ON) and it was so, so exciting to get to see her!!

So, people started rolling in around 7, I managed not to give anyone food poisoning and I think generally everyone had a good time (I suppose it's a good sign if the party began at 7 and people hung around till about 3am...) I had a blast and even though I am exhausted today (um, yeah, lots to drink and going to bed at 4am after drunkenly washing mountains of dishes tends to have that result) it was so worth it. I am totally going to do the Pink is the New Party party in the fall. Watch your email for deets (you know who you are).



As always with these kinds of things, a few important highlights are necessary. 1) Most games are even more fun when you've been drinking. Scrabble is no exception. Best of all is when you say to hell with the rules on the box and make up your own. We played "band/frame name scrabble" and, let's say, the results were interesting if not found in the dictionary. Did you know you only get four points for "snot"? Here's how the board looked at the end...


Also of note were a few quotes, which we all know, I tend to write down when drunk/drinking. Some of the best of the evening were:

• Cute like the Cold War.
• I know about culture. I've offended most of them.
• This is the sort of common sense you don't normally think of.
• That's better than calling your toilet "the ring of fire."
• We didn't drink the Everclear that day, we used it to clean the room.
• The truth hurts like that last coffin nail.

We also got to try the tequila cream that Husband and Wife brought back from their jaunt to Mexico. What amused me most was Husband drinking his from a brandy snifter...well, that and the Hawaiian shirt with the snifter:)
Wife and I ended up drunkenly talking till about 3am after everyone else left and Husband fell asleep in a chair. I know I've said it before, but I am so happy and lucky that my sister in law and I get along so well! We're going to take a trip to the Art Fair at the end of the week and as much as the Art Fair is a huge pain in the ass, I can't help but love it! I missed it last year when I was in England, so I can't miss it this year. There was also some talk of taking a roadtrip out to Jersey which could be a hoot, so hopefully that will work out.







I'm also probably going to go up to London to see Lodina before the summer is over...she & her boyfriend are getting married in the fall so we'll definitely need a girls night of vino in excess before the big day! I love her fiancee though, he's so good for her and I'm so happy to see her happy after all that she's been through lately. I am so happy they came to the party! What an awesome, awesome surprise:) (aargh, I look like shit, oh well.)

So, the fun and games are over for the time being, tomorrow I start one of my week-long, all-day, every-day classes at MSU. I'm not terribly looking forward to it, I figure it'll be somewhat dull, but I get 3 credits done in a week, so I can't complain about that. I won't mind the two weeks off from work either (of course the only problem is, when I don't work, I don't get paid, but I think the time away from that place will be a good thing). No call from the guy I went out with this week which I'm pretty bummed about, but I'm just trying to focus on what amazing friends I have and maybe someday the right guy will fall into place for me.

I probably won't have much time to post this week, so till next weekend, have a good one and get psyched for the Art Fair! Woo hoo!
~S
Listening to Mass Romantic The New Pornographers