Mardi Gras 2007
Mardi Gras season is here!
How did this become a trend to be out of town or busy with after-work events right before my parties?!? 😉 I think it started with Halloween 2002 when the Choral Project sang at the National Cathedral in October, plus I was moving out of my apartment & into the duplex at the same time! For Mardi Gras 2005, when our work kickoff event was local but required me out at events every evening & back for early meetings the next morning, I’d come home around 11pm & do party prep until I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Then NANOG in LA was the week before Halloween 2005, but that was only a week so I worked around it, decorating before I left, working on mad scientist tags on the flight, etc. This past Halloween it was my own fault for going to Oktoberfest when I was invited, and I only planned to stay after Oktoberfest vs. before so I’d be in town for our concert, which was moved to when I was gone anyway! 😉 Now we have kickoff in Vegas this time, plus I’m staying the weekend after to see a highschool friend who lives there, so I’m missing both pre-party weekends, leaving me only 5 days when I get back before the party! Perhaps some might say that the parties aren’t enough and that I have to create extra excitement for myself…? 😉
Mardi Gras party progress
Whew…I’m even more tired this week than in Vegas! Back to my old habit of staying up all hours but still having to get up for work in the morning…ugh! 3:30am bedtime last night which was the worst this week, but I’m getting there!
Mardi Gras Masquerade 2007
Another Mardi Gras Masquerade is over! This year it was 22 of us including 3 kids, which was a small crowd compared to many of my recent parties, but not a record low…that was only 17 back in 2005. The horrible blustery weather probably had a lot to do with it. As I was still running around doing party prep, the rain was so loud on my roof a few times I could barely hear myself think! The lesser amount of people was good for being able to talk, and I was ready enough I got to socialize aplenty, but I still didn’t get to eat or drink during the party much! 😉
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