Title of the Piece: Happy 2008

Painted at 1:54 p.m. on 2008-01-02

South Carolina was wonderful. Boyfriend's parents let us sleep and sleep and sleep. Then when his mom comes to our house, usually the first thing she'd say is "anyone want a drink". So mmhmm, most days I'd start drinking around 2 or so. I'm quite comfortable with his family. Comfortable enough that one day I didn't even get out of my pajamas. Boyfriend and I sat on the couch and indulged in cable and HDTV. It was wonderful. His mom was hanging with us-smoking and drinking.

We went out a couple of nights with his friends. Those nights I got drunk, but not too drunk. No fights, no storming off. Phew. I kept my drinking ot a minimum when we went out to prevent that (i got drunk b/c I'd been drinking wine prior).

Presents consisted of a beautiful pair of boots and a shirt. I got to pick the boots out because well, he still has a broken ankle and Chicago is still full of icy sidewalks.

Being in SC seemed to make the week fly by. We came home on Saturday and both crashed. Apparently lots of sleeping at someone else's house made us tired. Plus we both had super lonely cats.

NYE was good; very low-key. We went to our neighborhood favorite and it was dead. Dead enough that I think there were still tables available at midnight. I loved it. I'd had a couple of drinks at Boyfriend's, so again, not wanting to fight, I kept my going out drinking to a minimum. I was done and ready for bed at 115, so I left. I proceeded to keep up with my SC habit of making food and eating right before falling asleep. Oh well, I was eating pretty well in SC, so I *think* I avoided the Holiday Ten or whatever it is they say you gain.

All in all the past couple of weeks have been great. Boyfriend and I are talking more and more about moving in together... just little things, but if we don't go to Atlanta, we're for sure getting a place in Chicago next year. yay

Starts with a Brush then comes a stroke.

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