We've just had the television on and seen the tons and tons of fireworks that are going to light up the Sydney sky tonight. Wowsers always exclaim what a waste of money it is but I think as it gives pleasure to so many people it is worth every cent. My husband and I will be admiring the fireworks on TV (as long as we are still awake then).
I have always been a sleepy person and not terribly much into staying up late on New Year's Eve, although I do enjoy the festivities. We have been to plenty of parties to commemorate the ending of one year and the celebrating of a new one just starting but I can't remember any really outstanding ones apart from a party at our house to welcome in the year 2000.
It was a combined party - our girls had their friends over as did my husband and I. We all ate and drank and were extremely merry until 7am! I don't know that I had ever stayed up for that length of time before (how boring am I!).
Because of the change of decade all sorts of terrible things were supposed to happen such as planes falling out of the sky due to computer failures etc etc. All that happened in our house that night, which was a bit of a misadventure, was that one of our younger guests imbibed a bit much and mainly missed the toilet when he threw up.
I was mowing the lawn years later and spied something sparkly amongst the grass. It was a year 2000 decal. That little sparkly shape brought back memories of the latest I had ever gone to bed.
When my husband and I were dating we organised a New Year's Eve party at his parents' place. They had gone to a concert and said we could have a few people over as long as they didn't come further into the house than the back room. This was in the days before social media and about 200 people turned up. I wonder what would have happened these days. Our only contributions to the party were the venue, the music, a disco ball and a huge old copper bowl of punch with masses of plastic 'glasses'. People kept adding to the punch bowl during the evening and it kept tasting better and better. The next day we were somewhat startled to see how brightly the copper gleamed. Even with such a crowd all went well apart from someone's unhappy tummy. T's best friend cleaned up the mess before his parents came back from their concert. They then also joined in the revelry as well as partaking of the punch.
A couple of years ago T and I celebrated a very pleasant New Year's Eve at a beautiful restaurant 'The River' at Moruya with some friends. It was a tasting menu with matched wines that continued for many hours, finishing just before midnight. 7 course with 7 wines I think. I was certainly a little unsteady on my feet as we headed for our cars.
As we sedately drove home we could see fireworks let off on the various beaches blazing brilliantly in the sky. It looked very festive. I was surprised to be able to see the red and blue lights flashing behind us in the rear vision mirror as well and thought that T was pulling over to the side of the road to admire them better. Luckily I wasn't driving. He blew .02 in the breathalizer. I would certainly have been miles over the limit! The police wished us a happy New Year and went on their way.
Tonight T and I are going to be eating prawns and oysters on the deck of our family coast home. Perhaps we will even celebrate with some champagne. It has been a hard year and I'm glad it's over.
May 2013 be kind to us all.
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