My parents are pretty cool.
Since I was a teenager they let me host parties here at my house. Of course there was no boozing going on until we were all of age, but those parties were pretty fun. I had a lot of good laughs and I think my friends did too.
A few years ago, I’m not sure exactly when (I think it was ’03-’04), a group of friends and I tried to figure out what we would be doing for New Year’s Eve. We all still lived with our parents and we were all broke. We were home from school so partying in Dammann 3-7 wasn’t an option. I decided to host a party knowing full well that no one would mind that it wasn’t a raging kegger and it would be a relatively laid-back kinda evening.
Since then I have hosted New Year’s at my house. My parents being just a tad more boring that I am stay home and keep out of sight.
Every year starts with a hard-core game of Taboo that guarantees much laughter.
I don’t have a basement so they gladly keep on the DL while my friends and I have run of the rest of the house, drinking wine and playing a billion rounds of Taboo.
Last year, with the possible plans of moving to Rochester, I proudly exclaimed that it would be the last New Year’s in Holbrook. Now that 2009 is coming to an end and I’m still in Holbrook I thought long and hard about having hosting New Year’s.
For a good month, I decided I wouldn’t. My birthday is a week prior and I am already having enough trouble dealing with turning 27 and still living at home. I didn’t need New Year’s to remind me that Chuck and I failed at moving out this year. I quietly decided just to forget it.
Last month Chuck and I decided to take vacation down in North Carolina and check out our prospects. With a possible move once again upon us, I rethought the party. Sure, I am still depressed about turning 27 and being light years behind my friends, but what if North Carolina actually works out? What if this year is actually the last year in Holbrook?
No painful heels here. New Year's Eve at my house is all about comfort.
What if next year I’ll be living in North Carolina and no one can come visit? I would regret giving up the party that I’ve made my own.
Since quietly deciding I would host another New Year’s I’ve been asked three times by friends if I would be.
Maybe I’m the only one that minds spending New Year’s in Holbrook.
Ariella
