Favorite Things Swap!

Mamarazzi's having her Favorite Things Swap!  I am SO EXCITED!  It was so much fun when I did it, and I made an awesome blogger friend through it! 

So if you want to play along, go check it out!

Valentines Day is So Much Better with Friends!

Being that we both are were single (and a touch bitter), the roommate and I decided to throw a big Singles Awareness Day party at our place this year and invite all of our friends.  We even told the coupled up ones they could come, but that they would have be open to being made fun of for the evening.  However, a week before the party he finally gives his number to (I was kind of pushing him to) the hot mechanic that he's had a crush on since he was a child.  Voila, Josh is in a relationship, and I can't be happier for him.  He asked me if he'd get made fun of now at the party, but I think he really deserves this so I figured he could have a pass.

Eli, Megan and Me.

So as the party got started, I twittered the following: This Singles Awareness Party is quickly turning into an "Angie's the 5th wheel" party.  As I was sitting in my room with Josh and his boyfriend, and our friends Jon and Sharla.  All of whom I love.  Soon after Megan and Eli showed up, and I wasn't the only single person in the room.  It's always really good to see Eli, but I'm not sure about Megan... I loved her the first time I met her, but I guess I just don't know her well enough to make an actual opinion, and to-be-fair she was really sick.  I'd be cranky if I were sick too.

Megan looking cute, and Eli giving "a look".

Eli making faces.

Tori and Steve stopped by for a little while, and it was really good to hang out with them outside of work.  I really loved getting to know them on a more personal basis.  Also, I made the room take a vote on how hot Tori is, and we talked about how much we complete each other.  Tori's totally my woman crush.

Cristina showed up for a little while, which is really good!  It's extremely lame that we live like 10 minutes from each other and have been friends since I was 7, and haven't seen each other in over a year!  We're getting together on Wednesday to catch up, and hopefully we wont let another year go by before seeing each other.

Kirsten and Mary.

Kirsten and Mary showed up, and we broke out the Karaoke soon after that.  We had a good time singing along, and everyone got into watching, even if they weren't singing!

The party!  Josh and Chaz watching Karaoke, Jon singing, Sharla sitting at his feet, Mary, and Kirsten making funny faces!

I had so much fun with these guys!  Mary and Kirsten gave me lots of cuddles on the couch, because they wanted to make sure I didn't feel lonely on Valentine's, and I am really glad they did.  I sure like cuddles!  Not to mention I am a very lovey drunk, and boy did I get drunk! Chaz brought Hot Damn, and I recommended we go grab Peppermint Schnapps so we could do Fire and Ice shots.  Except little old  me, who kept asking people to take a shot with me, and who was not about to be outdone by anyone (which I should have left that to the more experienced drinkers but didn't) forgot that the alcohol that tasted like a girly cinnamon and peppermint drink, was 100 proof.  Bad idea.

Chaz was my drinking buddy, and at one point in the kitchen, I hugged Chaz and told him "I love you for making my Josh so happy." He replied "Love is a very strong word."  To which I said "Yeah, but it's a friend love and it's good to see Josh happy."  He simply said "Ok, I love you too."  The rest of the night he kept reminding me that he had a spare bedroom... You could see his gears turning.

I have to admit that my favorite part of the evening was after everyone left.  Not because they weren't fun, because they were sooooo much, but it was the simplicity of a moment shared after.  Chaz, Josh and I stumbled into my bedroom and fell onto the bed.  Josh in the middle with me on one side cuddling him, and Chaz on the other.  We laid there and talked, and Chaz reached over and very sweetly took my glasses off of me, and it was such a wonderful feeling to feel included.  I'd been worried about losing my friend, and I'd been a little jealous, but all of that was washed away as I totally fell in love with Chaz and the way he makes my best friend feel. 

Chaz and Josh, aren't they so cute together?

It's good to know there is room for me still, and when Josh and I talked about it and I told him it had been my favorite moment he said it was his too.  He said "It was great to be wrapped around my two favorite people!" and he thinks it's great that I like Chaz so much, and that Chaz made such an effort to be my friend.  I'm so glad I don't have to grow apart from my best friend, because he really is the person I feel closest to in the entire world.

They also took care of me when all of those shots hit me and I spent the next three hours making good friends with the toilet.  Not fun.  Sunday was spent nursing a foul hangover (my first ever hangover!) but the day was worth it because I got to spend it bonding with my best friend.  Josh and I watched some movies, had yummy Betos burritos and spent a good day talking about everything.  I love him so much, and I feel so good that his life is taking this positive turn.

My valentines day turned out to be one of the best I've ever had, even if I was single through the whole thing.  It's hard to be lonely when you have so many wonderful people around you!  I love them all so much, and will be forever grateful for the difference they make in my life.

How was your Valentines/Singles Awareness Day?

Gong Hey Fat Choy

新年快樂

Gong Hey Fat Choy 

(Happy Chinese New Year) 

Welcome Year of the Tiger!

Good-riddence-bye year of the Ox!

The year of the Ox predicted it would be very unfavorable for me (and a lot of people) and boy was it right!  I spent a great 5 months unemployed, I failed at every relationship I attempted, and had a generally rough time financially.  

That's not saying there weren't any good things that happened.  I made a bunch of really great new friends, moved in with my very best friend, and fell completely in love with my blog and the blogs of those I read.  Those were all very good things that happened to me last year.

Tigers are my very favorite animal EVER.

Also, I'm a tiger sign; this is MY year!

Soooo...

What's my prediction?

41%

3 favorable months

1 neutral month

8 unfavorable months

 

WTF?

How can it be MY year and still be so very unfavorable for me?

That doesn't make any sense.  I wont stand for it.

Apparently I'll find this year more comfortable than most, but may find myself with "too much of a good thing." It says I'm likely to overdo it on extremes. Whaaa?  How can you have too much of a good thing?  I think after the crap I was handed last year, I deserve some good things!

The predictions do say that personal relationships will be my strongest suit this year, and I certainly hope so!  I'm ready for something real, and I'm really hoping this year brings some good love!  Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Career should bring me lots of new opportunities as long as I learn to ask for help and practice self control.  Also, the reading says I should see an increase in wealth this year, which would be very much welcomed!

 

 

It does say my health is supposed to suffer due to exhaustion because I might push myself too far... I'll have to keep that in mind.   I "should benefit psychologically from new beginnings" which is exciting.  

Who knows if any of this is true, but I'm hoping it will be going to make it a good year!

I can make it through anything as long as I have some good friends around me!

So Happy Chinese New Year everyone, I hope your years will be as splendid as I'm planning on mine being!

XoXoXo