Domestic Geek

We celebrated Marcus' 31st birthday today. His birthday was actually on the 6th and since he refused to have the party prior to his birthday ("Why do I want to celebrate getting old before my birthday?"), we had it today. Mike, Nina, Dave, Marcus and I started out at Chipotle for one of Marcus' favorite foods, burritos. Then it was back to our house for gifts and ice cream cake. Yum. Marcus received a Silver Nissan 350z Zip Zap from Mike/Nina and they played with their cars for over six hours. In the meantime, Nina and I watched Finding Nemo, The Great Mouse Detective, Average Joe, Saturday Night Live and Law & Order: SVU.

I got Marcus a George Foreman Baby George Rotisserie, so I guess Marcus is making dinner tomorrow. Whoohooo!

I pulled a bonehead move today. When I got home from work, I was a little hungry and Marcus said that we were going to start birthday stuff between 3 and 4, so I start a pot of water to hard-boil some eggs. Marcus decided to take a nap and I took off to get his present. I stopped at King Soopers to get some soda and remembered that I left the stove on. I had to call Marcus and wake him up so he could turn the stove off. Stupid!

Anyway, I need to work in the morning, so I'd better get off to bed.

Current mood: sleepy
So, my first ever fondue party was a success. The only thing that could've made it better would have been if I didn't have to work and could've prepared things at my leisure instead of at a frantic pace when I got home at 8:30. Anyway, I served steak, chicken and shrimp to fondue in hot oil, I had swiss cheese fondue with bread and chocolate fondue with a variety of fruits and pound cake. Yummay!!! Chris brought his salsa concoction (quite tasty) and chips. Dave arrived at 11:45 (he had to work 'til 11) with the champagne so we could toast in the new year.



Someday I'll have a coffee table that everyone can sit closer around and it will work better, I think. Anyhoo, I sat and talked with Dave until 4 am, then I went to bed. Now I get to go back to work. Yay.

Current mood: aggravated
<rant>You know, if you're going to have pizzas delivered on a holiday like New Year's Eve when all the nuts are out driving in a panic to get to the liquor store, the least you can do is tip your poor pizza driver. It's bad enough to get stiffed on a regular evening, let alone a holiday when nobody wants to be working anyway. And, BTW, don't ever say, "It's a shame you have to work tonight" to any driver on any holiday. If your lame ass, and others like you, didn't order pizza on holidays, we wouldn't be open.</rant>

Current mood: tired
Well, Christmas is over for another year and I'm totally exhausted. Never, ever again and I going to wait until the last minute to shop and decorate. Next year I will NOT be in the poor financial situation I found myself this year. How insane is it that you have to hope for a Christmas bonus from your boss in order to buy any gifts at all? I fared pretty well in the gift department this year. I feel badly that I couldn't have been as generous with my friends. *sigh* Marcus' mother sent a very generous monetary gift this year that helped to begin repaying Marcus for getting my car fixed. Marcus got me a Debbie Mumm calendar, an ice cream maker and a scum buster (he knows how badly I hate scrubbing our shower). Mike and Nina got me The Lord of the Rings book (I've never read it) and a Blazing Saddles dvd. My friend Dave got me a Foxtrot book and The Who's Ultimate Collection cd. He also brought Red Stripe beer to our gathering for me to try. Hooray beer! (It was ok, not a great beer.)

I have a promising prospect for some part-time employment after the first of the year. I don't want to write much and jinx it. If that falls through, I'm sure the placement department at school will help me find something.

I'm not much for making or sticking to New Year's resolutions, but this year I am going to have to get my life more organized. I've let things get so out of control (especially recently) and I'm very tired of living this way. I have less than a year of school left and I don't want to be this out of control then. I haven't filed any bills since we moved here (they're in a huge box), my craft room is a disaster, my plants are dying, my car is a disaster area, I can't get into my bedroom closet, I still have pictures I haven't hung and boxes that haven't been unpacked. *sigh* Oh, well. I'd better get out of here and go to work.