Christmas Spazmatics...

I woke up in my clothes today. I’ve got weird prints on my cheek from my necklace that I forgot to take off last night.(Too much eggnog will do that to me.) I think the party was a pretty big success. A few of Tim’s clients came by, but it wasn’t really the schmoozer that I envisioned it being.

The truth is, I lack majorly in the hostessing department. I mean, I decorate and I cook and I plan… that part I’m good at. But, when it comes to introducing people and flitting from one person to another, I’m horribly inept and I always feel like there is someone I ended up ignoring. Luckily there weren’t too many people that came last night. My R.S.V.P. list was short, due to the busy holiday weekend. Lots of people stopped by and then left for other parties. All the same it was a decent showing and a lot of the food got eaten. Everyone said they were stuffed when they left.

I just walked into the dining room and the chocolate fountain bowl is full of hardened chocolate. I’m not really sure how I’m going to clean that out. I was too tired to do much of anything in the way of cleaning last night. I actually fell asleep on the couch while listening to one our guest pontificate about the evils of dairy. It makes sense, but I was too intoxicated with rum & eggnog to worry if it was natural that I was drinking it. (I like to imagine that eggnog comes from some special Christmas farm where cows wear Santa hats and spend their time listening to Bing Crosby’s White Christmas. )

I’m really relieved that the party is over. Now I can just focus on my work, my Christmas cards, and packing for NYC. I think it will be nice for Tim and I to get away somewhere alone. We’ve never actually taken a vacation where it was just the two of us and we didn’t have any responsibilities to family. Even on our honeymoon, we spent time with my family and with friends. It wasn’t exactly the romantic sex-filled romp it should have been, but it was still a lot of fun. This trip will be different though. We are going to one of the most exciting and romantic places in America, and I’m so glad I’m going with him. *sigh*

He’s so awesome. I totally crapped out last night and passed out. He put away all the food and stayed up until the last guest left. Not to mention he helped me get everything all set up yesterday, he baked cookies and rice krispy treats and set up the chocolate fountain. I’m so lucky to be married to him.

*yawn* Well, I guess I better go about rearranging all the furniture back to where it belongs, mopping the spilled drinks up and getting this house back to normal. Thankfully, I’ve got a few days to do it though. I’ll be busy, pretty much until we leave, working on a freelance design project that I’ve got going on. But I don’t mind at all. It’s a really interesting project and now that it’s my livelihood, I’m really glad to have the work. Okay…back to the grindstone.

~e