After spending a week in the warm sunny weather at my parents over Christmas, while my friends froze their asses off in 12" of snow, I returned to the frigid weather only to be reminded of a party at my cousins house on New Years Eve. I instantly got warm with the idea of beer, Tequila and Vodka. So after work on New Years Eve (yes I worked), I got home, did chores, showered and put some decent clothes and headed over to S & L's house.

S has a 2-story house where the downstairs/basement has a nice fireplace and for all intents and purposes is a man-pad. Several TV's, pool table, air hockey, bar and video games. As I make my way downstairs there are only about 10 of us in all hanging out. S is a amateur beer maker and makes a good ale. So I started off with a few beers and introduced myself to everyone. There were a couple of people hanging out at the bar and after a few minutes of conversation we pulled out the shot glasses. I can say honestly that I really do not drink a lot, but I was a man on a mission that night.

After a couple of shots I made my way outside for a cigarette (I only smoke when I drink) and started chatting with M. M is a very cute brunette, a real partier with an addictive personality. You could not help but want to talk to this women. As I said, I was a man on a mission and apparently, she had the same mission in mind. The rest of the night then was spent doing shots, playing pool and chatting. By about 11:45 I was able to say mission accomplished when I was looking at the pool table 5 feet away and all of the balls were blurry. So I stumbled my way outside thinking the frigid air would help me, but oh no the Time Square Ball wasn't the only thing dropping at midnight. After a while I stumbled back inside and was informed of the ball dropping with a kiss on the cheek from M (brave women). In all honesty I didn't even know what time it was and really didn't care. So I sat down in a rocking chair (big mistake) and I don't know how I lasted in the chair but I found myself outside for a second time. Then making my way back inside again with the usual are you sure your alright questions I sat down on the couch (something stationary), put my hat over my eyes, crossed my arms and passed out. I awoke about 4 hrs later still in the same position. how that happened I have no idea. The worse thing of it all is that I could not go back to sleep, so I just rearranged myself and rested until someone opened the blinds at 10:00 in the morning, damn them. It was ok though, the college football games started at 11:00 and I had the munchies. New Years Day story to follow.