A New Years Story - The Franco Way

So Heidi and Kym decided that we should definitely do something fun for New Years, but conveniently their houses are too small. Their obvious solution was to just have a gathering at our house. Sure. No big deal. I like people. And hell, I didn't have to drive anywhere. Nothing too big, 9 people plus myself. I tried to get my friend Kasey to come, but her husband didn't want to drive. I understand, but he's still a putz. hehe We all sat around the table playing a dice game that Kym taught us, Farkle. Its actually a lot more fun than the name implies, go with it. We celebrated midnight at 9:00pm for Jack. We all went outside, shot off poppers, yelled Happy New Year, and even watched the ball drop on TV. Jack was pretty excited he got to stay up too but he went to bed shortly after that. I know it must have been difficult for him to sleep though considering how loud we all were downstairs. I tend to get a little loud when the sh*t-talking starts, plus the jello shots... yeah... Anyway, so we were all sitting there when we realized that Jason was missing! I go upstairs thinking that he was checking on Jack. But nope, Jack was sound asleep. I find Jason passed out on our bed. It was 10:30pm. I go downstairs to inform everyone that we can officially skip his turn and Kym forces a camera on me! Tells me I HAVE to go back upstairs and take a picture of him pass out. (See this way it's Kym's fault) I did put up a ton of resistance but I was told since it was only 10:30 it was my responsibility to take his picture for documentation. *sigh* So I go up and take a quick picture, and I'm out. I know not to touch him when he's “sleeping” and decides to go to bed early.

Isn't he cute when he sleeps?!?!

I did go and check on him again an hour later to see if he was going to be joining us for the real midnight's activities. I find him on the bed along with quite the mess in the bathroom. :( I asked him if he was going to be joining us, but all I got back was an eye's closed mean sounding mumbled mrmm-mmrr. I took that as a no.
So here comes midnight, we pour the champagne, get the TV turned to any channel and start the count down. Meanwhile Heidi was so excited about getting to the living room before midnight with the champagne she slips and spills the champagne. Not sure how, but she ended up getting more on her and her hair than on the wall and floor. And yet, she was still a great sport. Love her. So there I am, with 2 glasses of champagne counting down until midnight, surrounded by couples. 3, 2, 1, YAY! kissy kissy. And me... drinky drinky.

I finally kick everyone out around 1:45 or so. I lock everything up, turn everything off, gather as many cleaning supplies that will fit in my hands, and head upstairs for my maid service. I clean up the explosion that apparently happened just outside the bathroom. So close, yet so far away. Unfortunately, while I was busy scrubbing the toilet I hear some footsteps that quickly turned into loud running to the other bathroom. I go to check on him and I bring him cold wet wash cloths for his neck and face. I'm such a good wife by the way! I finish cleaning up and finally go to bed. Jason joins me but only for short intervals. Neither one of us did a lot of sleeping that night. I am a very light sleeper and every time he got up, I got up, and we were up most of the night. It was awesome. Yay, Happy New Year.