Happy New Year!

Well for the moment anyway. Because I am calling a mulligan on last night. A re-do is definitely in order. Luckily I don't hold holidays to the calendar date so a re-do is definitely do-able.

Here's what happened:

The stage was set. My daughter and I had a delightfully Girly day together. We did nails and talked about boys and whatnot. Then she went off to church for the burning bowl cermony and new year party. If you have never participated in a burning bowl ceremony it is an amazing ritual where you release negativities from your life through writing them down and then burning them. It can be highly transformative. It ha always been a family tradition to do one on New Years Eve. Plus the church does theirs on magicians flash paper so it's particularly badass! Afterward everyone goes next door for "The World Championship of Apples to Apples". Btw if you don't know what Apples to Apples is then you need to google it right now. They close the whole shabang out by toasting the new year w/sparkling cider at 10. They're old mostly. So off my kid went for a night she always looks forwar to. I sit down to relax.

Not to be.

See NYE is not a big deal to me. My husband always works both NYE and New Year Day. And he works eeeaarly! 5:30! Which means we stay up till12:01 and then hit the hay. We never get to go to a party and as this is a well known fact I don't get invited to them anymore.
No big deal as I wouldn't spend NYE with anyone but my partner. So we make do. he gets home about 8 ish we still have a great night. Sometimes we go out to dinner and/or a movie. This year we opted to stay in.

I had a thick steak marinating since Friday. I had a cute little outfit picked out, makeup at the ready so thy when he walked through the door I could be waiting with a perfectly seared steak (he likes his black around the edges ::shudder::), home made mashed potatoes, fresh peas, a cold can of Mt Dew and looking like an adorable housewife. We would then watch a movie while we ate his favorite meal. Afterward we would sip our champagne with fresh sliced strawberries and explore each others bodies until we barely had enough energy to raise our glasses totals our final sip after toasting midnight.

Yeah. That was the plan.

Instead I got a call from my husband around 4. The car is smoking. Why? Because whm we took it into the shop last week theyCHANGED TE WRONG HOSE! not the one that wasspitting antifreeze all over my engine block! Another one that didn't need to be changed! Plus we are still having problems from when they changed our fuel pump! Grrrr! Of course he is down in Westerville and our shop is in Mansfield. So I had to walk 2 very wet mile to my parents house to get my dads car. I had gotten all dressed up an dolled up but I think the effect was ruined by the time I got the car. Then I head down to his work just as he is getting off work. Instead of steak I was waiting with antifreeze. We then take the car to my uncles house which is not too far away. He confirms that the hose was not changes but doesnt offer to help (eventhough he is a mechanic). So We leave the car there over night. Just try to get a tow truck on NYE! I drive him home.

Jason now has a massive headache. He spent his lunch break and both regular breaks making calls about the car. Of course the shop can't look it till Monday. So he has to borrow my parents car to get to work Sun and Mon. Joy. Anyway he didn't eat all day. All12 hours in a hot allzheimers unit of a nursing home! So while he showered I cooked the food as quickly as I could. I had put the potatos on for a couple of hours in a crockpot hoping they would be soft enough. Nope. Sothe potatoes turned out badly. Thankfully the steak came out perfect! As did the peas. We had a reasonably good dinner. I let Jason choose the movie. He opted for V season 2, which he loves. We then get snuggly with our champagne.

Yeah.

It wa terrible! Tasted like it had been stored in a boiler. Ugh! Ended up making us both sick to our stomachs.

So no sex.

Do you understand why I am calling a mulligan? New Year Eve has been rescheduled for Monday night. I'm really excited for it!

Today however I am about to head off to go get the car towed. Joy!

To everyone I hope you had a wonderful NyE and I wish you bogong but happiness, good sex and I hope you win the fucking lottery! And remember if your NYE didnt go down as you would have liked, see you Moday!