let's toast to the night

I wasn't sure exactly what I was going to do for the new year until about twelve hours ago. I was debating whether or not I should go to the same old party and be bored the whole time like every year when I was invited last-minute to a small get-together with people I don't normally hang out with very much. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I decided it could be fun.

Boy was I right.

It's weird how so so so much can happen in such a small ammount of time. I learned a lot of things about a lot of people tonight, and I realized I may have judged more than one person a little too soon. It all started with a bit of drama. Then we all realized we had secrets that were just dying to get out, and so we spilled. We spilled everything about everything. In a way, I guess we were trying to clense ourselves for the new year. I have to admit, it did feel really good getting some stuff off my chest. But some of the stuff I found out was upsetting, and I'm still trying to process it...


At midnight, noise-makers were blown, a toast was made, and fireworks were lit.
We all stormed outside and annouced to the neighborhood that 2011 was officially here. And as I skipped down the street, arm in arm with some genuinely great people, blowing my noise-maker as loud as I could, I thought about all of the shit I'll have to deal with come morning; come Monday. And I litterally just threw it all aside. I left it on the side of the road, and never looked back.

Of course they followed me home, but for a little while, I was free. Completely free. Free from all the things that have been worrying me and upsetting me for the past two months; Free from all the new crap I'd have to sort out. Free.

Part of me just doesn't want tomorrow to come.
Because tonight was great. Utterly fantastic.
And I don't want to ruin a great start to a new year.

And even though most of them will never read this, I want to genuinely thank everyone who was there tonight. Thank you for being there; Thank you for making tonight so unbelievably awesome. You made everything worthwhile.


So here's to a new year,
A new decade,

And a new beginning.