A Great Mini Reunion and Happy New Year

Well! Happy New Year to you all! I hope that you are not feeling delicate this morning. And if so, I hope that you have easy access to greasy food. For the first time in a long time, I did not over imbibe on New Year's Eve. In fact, I actually just consumed half a glass of champagne. Yes, I know, what is happening?!?

But truth be told, I had had a late night out the night before so that may or may not have been why I did not knock back the champagne like a yacht girl. On Friday night, a couple of friends came over for a quick drink. I knew one of them from school but had been friends with his younger brother. He wrote me the other week and asked if I wanted to meet up and I said "Yes! And do you want to meet the Kid? Have you had your shots?" He replied yes to both questions and just shortly after six on Friday night, two lovely gentlemen came by. Unfortunately the Kid was in meltdown mode. His stomach had been bothering him in the afternoon and by 6, thar she blows. The two guys were fantastic about the whole situation and ignored the screams from the other room as the Husband alligator wrestled him trying to get him to sit on the toilet. Fun times. By 7 the Kid was calmer and then it was time for us to head out to dinner, leaving the exhausted Kid and Husband behind. Good mother and wife I am.

I suggested we try out Mama Liu and Sons and forgetting that it was a Friday night, we quickly realized that no tables were to be had. We shrugged and left and were just about to head to Naschmarkt when we walked by a Chinese restaurant. I think we all had the same thought as we looked through the windows. Yes! Authentic Chinese restaurant! It wasn't fancy, but these two guys live in New York, and I love me some real Chinese food so we were sold. And yes, there was like only one other white person in the restaurant so we knew we were going to have an awesome meal. I call that intuition. We waited about 5 minutes until the lovely waitress could get us a table in the packed place and soon we were ordering. And you know what? The food was out OF THIS WORLD! I feel like we magically stumbled across this place. It was fate. AMAZING! We ate and we talked and it was absolutely lovely and then at one point we started talking about the new "cash register" system that the Austrian government has implemented in restaurants and I said something like "It's really cracking down on money-laundering." and I swear to God at that moment, the restaurant went silent. Record scratch, mid-movement stops and all that jazz. It was hilarious. And perhaps a little terrifying. I am so going back! Now if only I could remember the name of the place.

After dinner we headed over to Top Kino to meet some other friends from school and after many beers and many hilarious conversations, it was time for me to call it a night. I crawled into bed and dreamed about being chased by some underworld goons because apparently my dream life is a Dick Tracey comic. In the morning I got up, put on a face mask and vowed to drink less for the rest of the year. Yes I know it was December 31st. Always make attainable goals.The day was spent eating, attempting yoga and by the way, I am now on day 6 of my 30 day vegan challenge. I miss you, cheese. Call me.


Around 6 we ordered Chinese food (What?! I have a problem) and the Kid completely blew us away by coming up and eating my fried noodles. What the what?! This was huge and it more than made up for the rough evening we had had the night before. Oh Kid, you know how to keep us keen. The Kid passed out just before 9 and the Husband and I each took a sofa and covered ourselves in blankets and enjoyed the war zone outside of our windows. The park was hopping! The fireworks were popping. Suck it, Dr. Seuss.We channel flipped and watched a documentary about some British Earl being killed by his high class escort wife in Cannes (this needs to be made into a made for TV movie) and then just after 11 we watched Dinner for One which is epic. Around 11:30 we melted lead and narrowly avoided 3rd degree burns and then at midnight listened to the Blue Danube Waltz. It was a completely chill and relaxed New Year's Eve and it was exactly what I needed after such a crazy year. I feel asleep just after 1 and of course the Kid woke up at 5:45 and jumped into our bed for his traditional kick to my kidneys. Bless him. I have a lot to still do today: e-mails, jewelry making and yoga. I was temporarily distracted by a nap and of course by the famous New Year's Concert. The conductor was Gustavo Dudamel and he was absolutely fantastic and charismatic so of course I had to Google stalk him. And of course he is like only 2 weeks older than I am and what have I done with my life. I wrote about it on Facebook and I know that somehow I will end up meeting him and will tell him about what I wrote on Facebook and he will laugh nervously and I will cringe and then I will ask him for a selfie and then I will write about it in my blog because those are the rules of my life. I cannot believe he is only 35 and conducting one of the best orchestras in the world. I always admire people who can do something I can't even attempt... like... not getting lost, making stir fry or not burning oneself with a curling iron. Mad props, Gustavo. Mad props.

Speaking of life and what I have done with it... I made a cheesy vision board journal this morning. I do this every year and it is a lot of fun. I take a little notebook, cut out pictures from magazines and pretty much write out my dreams and goals for the year. A lot of times these actually happen and I find it is great to be able to see that 7 years ago I wanted a pony and a Chanel purse. Boy, my priorities have changed. Actually, I still really want a Chanel purse. I also add a gratitude section to the journal because I believe that gratitude is paramount to living well. I am always grateful for everything that I have. There are hard days but I know it could be worse. I mean, I have an incredible shoe collection and live in a kick ass apartment. And even though we have our struggles with our son, I wouldn't trade him for a Chanel purse. I have grown as a person. I definitely have some major goals to accomplish this year. I am excited and definitely petrified. My goals of course range from MAJOR LIFE CHANGE to fit into jean shorts by the summer. Both terrifying and difficult, by the way. But that is what is so great about a new year. It feels like a blank slate and that almost anything is possible. Maybe I too will one day conduct the Vienna Philharmonic. I am truly gifted at the triangle. It could happen. Anyway, I better go pay some attention to the Kid. I hope you all have a wonderful first day of 2017 and one of my resolutions is to make sure I am writing blog posts at least 3-4 times a week. I have been a little lax the past month and it makes me feel discombobulated (yes! I totally wrote that out without looking it up first. I win at life!) when I can't copy and paste gifs and be constantly self deprecating. Happy New Year!!!

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