It's not even 9 pm yet, and I've already been through at least 12 of the 14 stages of drunkenness. The evening has already included public stumbling, overtipping, and slurred oversharing with relatives.
I'm not sure I should come up with Spanglemonkey awards in this condition. I could always try again tomorrow, when I haven't had far too many margaritas.
Thing is, we were waiting for our table, and Eliz was still in her frenzied tween complaining jag, and Manny's stepfather and I decided that what would really help whle we were waiting for our table was to overtip after receiving our margaritas at the bar. Woot! This meant that margarita #2 was pretty much half the bottle of tequila! Wooooo!
I felt a rush of love for everyone around me, and decided that hell, life is just too damn short and the holidays too damn horrible to hold back. So whatever. Gush gush gush!
What's going to happen next year! What what what!
I want to get my book finished and published.
I want my husband to find some kind of equilibrium in the midst of his ongoing thang.
Anything else I could throw in? Maybe I could lose 50 pounds and get in shape. Hahahahahahaha!
Oh and sell my photographs in the gallery downtown.
Happy new year eveyrone in blogland! Increasingly it seems like y'all are a bit more real than people I know in person. Though often those categories overlap, and youll just have to puzzle that out.
Yay! May this year be all that you wish and even better. Happiness and deep joy. Satisfaction and peace. Good sex and even better self-image.
Oooh! Margaritas! Jealous I am. All I had was a few energy drinks to keep me awake. Oh, but I will make up for it I'm sure in a few days. Happy New Year, Jo. Be Well and Happy.
Posted by: Lisset | December 31, 2005 at 09:24 PM
Wishing you all that you wish for, and more. (More good things, that is.)
Posted by: squid | December 31, 2005 at 09:40 PM
(delurking...) Happy New Year! May you get all you are wishing for!
Posted by: Wende | December 31, 2005 at 10:48 PM
"Happiness and deep joy" - working on that... "Satisfaction and peace" - already there... "Good sex" - jeepers, in the context of what I've got lined up for this year, who knows *what* from "good sex" might take... "and even better self-image" - can't argue with that one!
It's been a privilege to read along with your life for the last few months, Jo - the good times, as well as the bad. In many ways, you're the kind of blogger I'd like to become, when I get some of my soapbox stuff out of the way.
Have a great New Year, Jo. Cheers, Koan
Posted by: Koan Bremner | January 01, 2006 at 01:13 AM
Happy New Year, JO!!!
I wish you peace and love.
Posted by: LaDeeDahl | January 01, 2006 at 01:49 AM
HAP-py New Year, O Dearest Jo!
Posted by: elswhere | January 01, 2006 at 10:18 AM
This is so great! Aren't we wonderful! Love you all! Mwah!
Posted by: jo | January 01, 2006 at 10:28 AM
A day late, but what everyone else said. I have been hiding, from what or whom or ... I'm not sure. But in the spirit of the season, the best to everyone especially our own Jo Spanglemonkey.
Posted by: Stephanie | January 01, 2006 at 02:30 PM