tuesday (29):
woke up early as fuck to sell tickets at 8AM. met at target and decided to peruse inside afterwards. bought some toiletries, lotion, a candle, and the funniest card ever. "i thought about you today. it was fun. i think i'll do it again tomorrow." said it in a kevin malone voice to myself. laughed in the aisle by myself for a good 5 minutes. i love looking writing cards, even though i have no reason to give cards and not really anyone to give a card to. i like the idea of handwritten sentiment though. picked up mcdonald's for the family. (sidenote: whenver my dad picks up mcd's breakfast for us, he always buys deluxe platters cause he says its a good deal.. problem is, no one in our family likes deluxe platters except for him.) it felt like a mini victory, because i actually got what everyone liked. made my heart happy knowing their stomachs were happy. spent my morning kinda moseying around. practiced the uke, lit the candle i got. it sucked. finally got ready and headed over to b's. we went to hobby lobby to look at beads, because i wanted to make a necklace. bought an aztec looking pendant. then bought wire for my sculptures and a box of geodes. we spent half an hour trying to pick out what we thought would be winning geodes. went to salad box to get lunch for me. farm box was good, but overhearing the workers doubt the freshness of the arugula made me really uncomfortable. got sea salt caramel popcorn. b got a meatball sub. i hate meatball subs. it was raining. i like the rain. saw an elderly woman walking to her car but she didn't have an umbrella, so i walked with her to her car. she called me a sweetheart. it made me happy. went back to b's, ate ice cream with popcorn. broke geodes with zach, cuddled, then headed home cause b had plans at night. worked on my wire sculptures and realized my wire was way too soft. quite sad, i might have to go return the spools i got. couple people came buy and picked up tickets. got a really bad migraine at night. took an extra strength aleve, and went to bed feeling like shit.
wednesday (30):
woke up feeling much, much better. maybe it was the lack of sleep that was making me feel sick. showered real quick, got ready, and someone came buy to pick up tickets. bummed it all morning basically. decided that i wanted to throw a little dinner party for NYE. a "faux bougie" dinner party. started thinking of ideas of things i wanted to make. also made a scavenger hunt for me and b to go on at target. items included, "red underwear and something with polka dots (for love and luck), something to use every day in 2015, something to snack on for tonight, and a card." silly, we bought each other vitamins. ended up grocery shopping at target, and spent almost exactly what i was hoping my original budget would be. it was awesome, i didn't even plan accordingly, i was planning on just covering the difference myself.. felt real domesticated and organized for half a second. went to bev mo to get champagne and beers. i had a handle of whiskey at home calling my name. went to dollar tree to buy decorations for the party, and then rushed home. spent about an hour and a half prepping everything, because we were waiting for things to go in and out of the oven. we had a fresh tomato and avocado caesar salad, naan with spinach artichoke and bacon parmesan dip, a baked alfredo macaroni with chicken and broccoli, a baked garden vegetable pasta with grilled onions and mushrooms, and brownies with ice cream and hot fudge. quite a lovely night spent at home with the people i love most. played a new game about saving a nation from contamination. forgot what it was called, but i really liked it because it didn't plot us against each other. it was a group effort, we either all win or all lose. i'm competitive. it was a good buy on b's behalf. sadly, i didn't make it halfway through the game because food coma kicked it. basically slept until midnight until b woke me up for a NYE kiss. went to sleep right after again. eat, sleep, repeat. story of my life. woke up around 3, had some more dessert, drank some more, played snake oil, then resorted back to my room.
tonight we passed up:
1. a waterfront dinner in marina del rey
2. a gathering at grand park in LA
3. a party at a friend's apartment in hollywood
comes to show that this year, i've learned that it's not about where i go or what i'm doing.. it's about who i'm with and how we spend our time together. it doesn't matter if we're out doing crazy, adventurous things or staying at home, half fancy, half bummin it. as long as i'm with the people i love, i really can't ask for more. i'm feeling very, very lucky.
2014's taught me a lot,
but i still have lot left to learn.
christine
