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Long weekend was long.
Jan. 2nd, 2011 04:55 pmFriday was spent grocery shopping and house tidying. I had everything tidied and food happily simmering away by 2 pm. This made me happy.
By 2:15, Joe was here. He helped me tweak the beef stew, showed off his tablet and we generally hung out waiting for everyone else.
By 7, Bu & K arrived. Food expanded exponentially. Bu made a second run for champagne, as we had both forgotten to grab some, expecting the other person to. More chatting, comparing technologies, and general hanging out. Bu's laptop was commandeered for a DVD player and we tested Alien in the dark.
By 11 pm, Zahde arrived. The laptop had died due to lack of power, so while it charged, we added to the food stores and broke out the blender for mixed drinks. During a lively conversation, I looked up at the clock and realized we had missed midnight by about two minutes. A quick round of cheers with strawberry daiquiris, an upgrade to strawberry margaritas, and we all trooped back into the living room to start Alien again.
Having consumed two daiquiris and a part of a margarita, I fell asleep on the couch pretty quickly. By 2 am, everyone was realizing they had been asleep, the laptop had overheated, and the night was pretty much over. So we all trooped off to bed.
Saturday morning I was up by 8:30. So was K. We had tea and chatted while waiting for everyone else to wake up so breakfast could be made. There were LOTS of leftovers, so we nibbled through them. Bu woke up around 10 something, Joe not far behind. I had already tidied up the dirty dishes and started the dishwasher, so we turned our attention to making breakfast. Blintzes and cookies and leftover nibblies. I made coffee for Joe.
Zhade woke up after noon. She missed the blintzes, so she had beef stew I heated on the stove as the dishwasher was still running and that renders the microwave unusable. K took off at 1. Joe and Bu and I sat around and chatted while Cuteness and Zahde put themselves down for naps. Cuteness was not seen until Sunday morning, she was a very tired Cuteness. Zhade woke up when I went in to check on her around 6.
At this point it seemed rather obvious no one would be leaving Saturday night, for which I was grateful. I had opened the Llewelyn's (so not spelled right) calendar earlier in the afternoon and gotten a rather hard knock. A whole year without Wolf. Not only this year, but every year for the rest of my life without Wolf.
Ouch.
Bu made a second grocery run for more blintzes, sour cream, cream cheese and biscuits to bake what was left of the brie. He also picked up a few more nibblies. I removed myself to the kitchen to monitor all the various cooking and ended up breaking down. I kept it quiet and finally slid down to sit on the floor, shaking with my tears. Bu came in to get Zahde a pair of scissors, sees me, and drops everything to hold me. After a while, I start to calm down. IDK comes in, asks if I'm okay, and starts to cry when he realizes why I'm crying. We huddle together until we both calm down. I remind IDK it's okay to cry. He goes back to his television, Bu helps me up, and I return to the party. Joe finally got to see a drunk Queenie, and agreed I'm very silly.
This morning I was up around 8:30 again and repeated the process, without tea or coffee. This resulted in me being sent to bed by Zahde & Bu, which was nice, but I couldn't sleep with Cuteness popping in every ten minutes. Joe came in to say goodbye at 1, Bu and Zahde left about an hour and a half later.
Over the weekend I managed to laundry done. I have to run IDK's, but that's all. I think the gis can wait until tomorrow night, they were only worn once.
I'm tired. No caffeine, and 20 minute cat naps here and there. It's only about 5 pm. I'll make up the last of the nibblies for dinner, the kiddos can eat what they want. IDK was complaining of ear pain, AGAIN, so I'll see what I can do when I go back to the doctor tomorrow afternoon for my depression.
I'm done with alcohol for the next few months.
By 2:15, Joe was here. He helped me tweak the beef stew, showed off his tablet and we generally hung out waiting for everyone else.
By 7, Bu & K arrived. Food expanded exponentially. Bu made a second run for champagne, as we had both forgotten to grab some, expecting the other person to. More chatting, comparing technologies, and general hanging out. Bu's laptop was commandeered for a DVD player and we tested Alien in the dark.
By 11 pm, Zahde arrived. The laptop had died due to lack of power, so while it charged, we added to the food stores and broke out the blender for mixed drinks. During a lively conversation, I looked up at the clock and realized we had missed midnight by about two minutes. A quick round of cheers with strawberry daiquiris, an upgrade to strawberry margaritas, and we all trooped back into the living room to start Alien again.
Having consumed two daiquiris and a part of a margarita, I fell asleep on the couch pretty quickly. By 2 am, everyone was realizing they had been asleep, the laptop had overheated, and the night was pretty much over. So we all trooped off to bed.
Saturday morning I was up by 8:30. So was K. We had tea and chatted while waiting for everyone else to wake up so breakfast could be made. There were LOTS of leftovers, so we nibbled through them. Bu woke up around 10 something, Joe not far behind. I had already tidied up the dirty dishes and started the dishwasher, so we turned our attention to making breakfast. Blintzes and cookies and leftover nibblies. I made coffee for Joe.
Zhade woke up after noon. She missed the blintzes, so she had beef stew I heated on the stove as the dishwasher was still running and that renders the microwave unusable. K took off at 1. Joe and Bu and I sat around and chatted while Cuteness and Zahde put themselves down for naps. Cuteness was not seen until Sunday morning, she was a very tired Cuteness. Zhade woke up when I went in to check on her around 6.
At this point it seemed rather obvious no one would be leaving Saturday night, for which I was grateful. I had opened the Llewelyn's (so not spelled right) calendar earlier in the afternoon and gotten a rather hard knock. A whole year without Wolf. Not only this year, but every year for the rest of my life without Wolf.
Ouch.
Bu made a second grocery run for more blintzes, sour cream, cream cheese and biscuits to bake what was left of the brie. He also picked up a few more nibblies. I removed myself to the kitchen to monitor all the various cooking and ended up breaking down. I kept it quiet and finally slid down to sit on the floor, shaking with my tears. Bu came in to get Zahde a pair of scissors, sees me, and drops everything to hold me. After a while, I start to calm down. IDK comes in, asks if I'm okay, and starts to cry when he realizes why I'm crying. We huddle together until we both calm down. I remind IDK it's okay to cry. He goes back to his television, Bu helps me up, and I return to the party. Joe finally got to see a drunk Queenie, and agreed I'm very silly.
This morning I was up around 8:30 again and repeated the process, without tea or coffee. This resulted in me being sent to bed by Zahde & Bu, which was nice, but I couldn't sleep with Cuteness popping in every ten minutes. Joe came in to say goodbye at 1, Bu and Zahde left about an hour and a half later.
Over the weekend I managed to laundry done. I have to run IDK's, but that's all. I think the gis can wait until tomorrow night, they were only worn once.
I'm tired. No caffeine, and 20 minute cat naps here and there. It's only about 5 pm. I'll make up the last of the nibblies for dinner, the kiddos can eat what they want. IDK was complaining of ear pain, AGAIN, so I'll see what I can do when I go back to the doctor tomorrow afternoon for my depression.
I'm done with alcohol for the next few months.
