Ruminations on the New Year

Just a few minutes left for me to post something on the first day of the new year. 2006. Wow. Happy New Year! Should I be invited/decide to go to, my 10 year high school reunion will be this year. (fyi I'm a year ahead of others my age and those a little older because I started school early as a small child). The school I consider "my" high school is not the school I graduated from. I left "my" high school after 11th grade. I barely remember my senior year here in Maryland and I don't really care to. It's funny because I distinctly remember telling the president of our class in my high school (we were in the same group of friends) that he better put me on the list for the reunion even though I wasn't graduating with them. Now, the time has come. I don't keep in touch with him personally, but I slightly keep in tough with people who do...or at least one friend and also my older sister is still in that area and talks to a few people I think. I won't be able to rely on that probably because she was a grade ahead of me, but we had some of the same friends. I might not even go...that depends on pretty much one thing that I won't go into. I guess time will tell.

We had a great time partying on New Year's Eve with Phillip and company. I'm glad we decided to go despite our current financial situation. And even though negative circumstances with our water heater almost threatened to ruin the night, it was a lot of fun. It's always interesting and gross to watch drunk-ass people that I don't know. I was a little freaked out at first because several if not all of Phillip's friends looked familiar to me and I don't think I had seen any pictures of them. It could be that they look like tv personalities or maybe I've seen them around the DC area (even though I hardly know anyone here, I've been here for almost 10 years). I didn't drink too much, but still felt kind of crappy today. We're going to try and get a new water heater tomorrow. Hopefully we can, I'm not quite sure if I've ever gone without hot water for more than the end of a shower's worth before. It sucks that I have to spend my last vacation day taking care of it, but such is life. I'm not really looking forward to going back to work on Tuesday, but there is much work to be done. I can't really afford to lull my way through the week either. I've got to be on point from the start and finish what I started in December in terms of getting my desk, my work, and my priorities organized. It'll probably be pretty quiet since some people will still be on vacation and what not. But I don't mind. I like working when no one is around.