A night I usually dread

[jay]

This is a classic date/party evening. Since I'm not generally invited to parties, and can't usually find babysitting, invariably I find myself stuck at home on New Year's Eve, contemplating my own social undesirability. If I'm lucky, I'm visiting family back East and can express my frustration by blowing up some illegal fireworks after midnight. In California, even that's not an option...

I was contemplating going to see one of my past universities (Georgia Tech) play locally in a bowl game this afternoon, but I have no one to take along and probably couldn't afford the tickets ($60/each) anyway. So I'll stay here in the office. Feh.

Comments

It's not just you...

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

We actually don't have any invitations to parties tonight, either. (Of course, the past several years when we were out of town and couldn't attend, we got multiple invitations--that's how the cookie crumbles, I guess!) However, I do recall ag_unicorn saying on Sunday evening that they were hosting something at their place (in Oakland). With 4 kids, they can't afford babysitters, either, and decided to host their own kid-friendly gathering at home. We'll probably stay home, but we were contemplating contacting them and "inviting ourselves" over if we had felt more sociable. I'm betting if you phoned or e-mailed them you'd be welcome as well.

Re: It's not just you...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I had to opt out of that one because of the recent kid-lice problem... they're clear now, but sleeping over with other kids still seemed unwise. Running around is one thing, sharing a pillow another... sigh.

Re: It's not just you...

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

True. OTOH, you *could* have gone for a while, and then left before pillow-sharing occurred. Assuming all the other parents were OK with even that much contact, of course. But it does seem the better part of valor just not to expose a whole new crowd at this relatively "early" time in treatment.

*sigh* indeed.