New Year's Eve Adventures

New Year's Eve Kickoff-

Party. My house. 5 PM. It started off a lot of fun with brownies and Just Dance 3, but then it kinda got lame. Really lame. I'm sorry, but I suck at throwing parties. :( Yeah. And then my friend Maddie decided we should film a "scary movie." We attempted... and it was a bunch of fun. Here it is! (And umm... I don't really know how to edit videos yet... so all the random repeats and outtakes are still in it. Sorry.) Enjoy!

After our video adventures we decided to head to the Stake New Year's Dance. But we didn't even make it out of the driveway before disaster hit. Maddie (who recently got her license) backed into one of the brick pillar light posts on the edge of our driveway. Whoopsies. Yeah. That's not good. At first it was just a little crooked, but obviously unstable, so I went to it to try to steady it. MISTAKE. It ended up toppling over... on top of me. Thankfully I'm strong (haha, yeah :P) and was able to catch it mostly. I slowed it's fall, so the bricks didn't shatter into a million pieces, but it kinda rammed into my leg and now I have a big bruise. :( Not fun. But it was QUITE the adventure. We sat in my driveway for about half an hour while comforting Maddie (who was an emotional wreck), and while my mom was getting Maddie's insurance imformation. (Thankfully it will cover the damage.) The picture doesn't really show the worst part. The base of the pillar (also brick) was pretty much crushed (which is WHY it toppled over). All the bricks on the bottom were broken into tiny little pieces. Yeah. Interesting night.

We were finally able to leave for the dance. Maddie was still a wreck (I don't blame her), plus, she didn't know how to get to the Kimberly Stake Center where the dance was being held. So she followed me. But she was being a very cautious driver. (As in 30 mph in a 60 zone. Kinda annoying.) Then I lost them, because they turned around because they thought I had passed it. I hadn't. They didn't know where they were going. They should have just trusted me.

At the dance I was disappointed in the lack of fun I had. :( I TRIED to make it fun... but it just wasn't! No one ever asks me to dance at stake dances. :( What's wrong with me?! Oh well. It was alright because I got to mingle and talk to friends and such. After midnight, the dance ended, and there was a breakfast. I was impressed at how delicious it was. I got home around 1, though my curfew wasn't until 2. (Yeah, I know. Lame, right?) But the whole ride home I was holding back tears... I'm not sure why. I guess it's because I always give myself expectations (regarding boys) that are never reached. Hmmmph... well, someday there will be a guy who shows up in my life who makes the wait all worthwhile. I know it. :)

Although this New Year's wasn't nearly what I had hoped or expected, it gives me hope for the next year. I can make this year anything I want it to be. And it will be good. I just know it.