The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by Kena

Looks like I'm going to be spending New Years Eve at home in my jammies. What happened to the days when I got dressed up all pretty and went out with my friends and smiled and danced and thought I was the most beautiful popular lady around and this was completely validated by the crowds of people all around me and the generosity of other? Oh yeah, I stopped getting wasted all the time. The crowd? I stopped going to the popular bar. The generous people? I stopped letting random people buy me drinks. I stopped wasting money on getting wasted and wasting money to pay a babysitter to watch my kids so that I could go get wasted. Errrr... A little bitter? No, not me! In the big scheme of things, NYE doesn't really matter much. I must figure out something special to do on New Years Day! Other than watch the OWN network that will be launched that day!

All right guys- just thought I would share! Cheers!

I think it's a sign of maturity when you've moved on from getting plastered for the sake of getting plastered. I don't think it's necessarily a matter of getting old and getting boring. Rather, it's a sign of clarity and perspective; getting drunk is not worth the aftermath of getting drunk.

This year I think I'm going to spend a quiet evening out at my house (assuming I can manage to dig through the snowdrifts up the driveway and to the front door!), throw a log in the fireplace, drink a glass or two of some earthy Bourdeaux that I can't pronounce, and just reflect on a year that was arguably the most difficult I've ever experienced. I'm glad to see it end; however, I am grateful that I am entering the new year a changed person with a newfound sense of self-assurance. The new year is still a question mark, but I am hopeful.