The Party

 Heyy, it’s that time of the year again. Merry Christmas! And all that jazz.

I was kind of stressed yesterday, I had to work right in the middle of the day, and before that I needed to go grab a check and buy some presents, but Kayla’s car had a dead battery so I let her use mine. I got it back with enough time to run to the liquor store and grab some Bailey’s for my roomie, and then I got a PS3 remote for him on break, which was all of it, friggin’ GameStop. The mall was pretty busy today, even Toys R Us, but it went by super slow. It was an insanely beautiful day outside when I went to work, and when I got out it was cold and extremely windy. I got some more last-minute stuff and I’ve been cleaning mostly since I’ve been home. Finally, everything is OK. I hand-scrubbed most of the floor of the kitchen and bathroom, cleaned the toilet, vacuumed again, should be good now. Everything should be ready for the Evil Christmas Party. 

And what a party it’s shaping up to be. So far the attendees include…me, my roomie Skyler, and my friend Jon. Three people confirmed out of probably 20-30 invitees and 10-12 people who were coming for sure as of a couple weeks ago. I’ve been planning this thing for a month. Even the friends who kind of came up with the idea haven’t responded to any of my tests, so who knows if they’re even coming. Boh hasn’t responded to me at all. I figured we would hang out since she’s down here visiting her family…oh well. She probably won’t be at the party if they aren’t coming. Even if they do come, I might not ask her out. It feels pointless. I’m kind of over it already. Kind of over the party thing too. I make big plans, I’m ambitious, I get excited, and then I get let out. People always flake out. I’m not going to let it bring me down. They will just miss out on horrible movies, alcohol, a stupid amount of meatballs left over from my demos, a stupid amount of coffee also left over from demos, and in general a positive and awesome experience. 

Oh well. It’s been a good year for the group of friends that I possess. There’s a little drama right now, but nothing that’s completely affecting things. I DDed for Allie’s 21st birthday the other night, that was interesting. I mostly hung out with her friends who I’d never met, and that went okay. The next night I went out with Jared, Kayla, and Scott, and I hadn’t seen Jared and Kayla since Christmas. I no longer stress about people coming and going in life. They’ll be back…well, usually. If not, someone else will take their place.

I probably need to start working soon…I have enough to get by for the month, but that’s about it. I guess I’ll just go to the temp. place on Monday and do the printing place job, whatever that entails. I kind of gave the wrong employee number for my demos a couple weekends ago, so I probably won’t see that check for a little while. I was stressed about it yesterday, but I’m not worried now. Things will work out. I feel like I’m in a good place regardless. I like to be able to take things for granted, but there’s definitely a lot to be thankful for at the moment.

At some point I’ll go to bed, then get up, tag along with Skyler to his mom’s for brunch and stuff, and then come back and set up for the party. Last year I had a pretty underwhelming gift exchange(based on what I got them, not that it really matters I suppose) with the then-roomies, and then worked all night, so this Christmas is definitely looking better. The best one in Oregon yet, probably the best one in a few years, even if no one shows up to this party.

Enjoy your holiday, and stuff.