New Years Eve!
Another year has come and gone and i continue my adventure on New Years Eve in Atlanta, Georgia. It begins with me sleeping about 4hrs to be up at 6am to get myself to the Newark Airport for my 9am flight. Flew out on time and arrived by noon, get my baggage and off to the Marta for an hour ride to North Springs where Erin picks me up. We are then off to Downtown Atlanta for a meet-up at the Vortex at 2:30pm and as per usual most everyone is late. Funny enough, the people who live the farthest arrive first.
My second time at the Vortex and i'm still impressed with their food and the amount they give. I got the Chicken Digits, which were like super huge versions of chicken fingers and each digit was like a slice of chicken breast. I couldn't finish it, which could be a sign that i wasn't feeling 100%. I got to meet many new OB folks and a few old. Once lunch was done the majority of us decide to roam around nearby stores to kill time before Billy's party.
Now for the main event, NYE at Billy's parents place. We got to rock out on some Rockband and drink and have a few interesting conversations before midnight. I also end up spending a great deal of time talking to Billy's parents as they were quite inquisitive about myself coming all the way from NJ. I believe our conversation started with them asking me if i was half-asian, which they were a bit surprised that i'm 100% Chinese. We also discussed Japan because his dad lived their for a few years and talked about Brooklyn because his mom was originally from there. Eventually they told me i should go hang out with the rest of the group downstairs and didn't want to take away all my time.
Midnight came fast and i had a few cups of cranberry and vodka to be quite inebriated until SQ hands me his drink, which i thought he wanted to give me a sip of it. I try returning it, but he tells me he can't and i can't waste booze and i drank it entirely. That was my downfall, but it won't get me till a little later. I probably shouldn't have drank as much since i've only had two breakfast bars and lunch at the Vortex and been up since 6am.
It's about 3am and Billy needed to sleep since he has work the next morning, so many of us head to Jesse's apt to continue the partying. On the ride to his place i puke a little bit on the side of the road and began to get sleepy as i naturally do. Arrived at the apt and pretty much immediately passed out on his chair only to wake up about 2-3hrs later with everyone leaving. So Jesse gives me an air mattress and i pump it up so that Erin and i can sleep more comfortably.
New Years day, waking up groggily around noon feeling dehydrated and still sleepy. Erin drove SQ back to his place before we headed back to her grandmother's house. Stopped along the way to get some gatorade and finally arrive to her home. I got to meet Erin's grandmother and father, not much the two dogs as they don't take kindly to strangers. We proceed to rest in her room some more cause i needed more nappy time.
Once it was about dinner time and myself feeling better, we head out for some grub and then to see if we can catch a movie. Unfortunately we missed the movie but that's okay cause we watched The Last Unicorn back in her room. I had never seen it and i enjoy making fun of Dan and calling him a pussy for loving it. However, it is a wonderful movie and the songs get stuck in my head. The rest of the night was watching Erin play Fable 2 till 2am and then talking together for a few hrs. Didn't get much sleep but i had to get up and ready to leave her place by 4pm for my flight back home.
My plane was delayed and we had to taxi and wait in line before flying so my 7pm flight didn't leave till about 8:30pm, but i arrive in Newark Airport only about 30min later than originally planned. So overall i had an amazing whirlwind event and pushing my body past its limits, which has taken its toll on me.
I'm sorry no pictures were taken, but if you read this you would see that things just went by incredibly fast. i wish i could have stayed longer, but Erin had a full day of work the next day or i would have totally tried to stay another night. I hope everyone had an amazing New Years Eve as well!
My second time at the Vortex and i'm still impressed with their food and the amount they give. I got the Chicken Digits, which were like super huge versions of chicken fingers and each digit was like a slice of chicken breast. I couldn't finish it, which could be a sign that i wasn't feeling 100%. I got to meet many new OB folks and a few old. Once lunch was done the majority of us decide to roam around nearby stores to kill time before Billy's party.
Now for the main event, NYE at Billy's parents place. We got to rock out on some Rockband and drink and have a few interesting conversations before midnight. I also end up spending a great deal of time talking to Billy's parents as they were quite inquisitive about myself coming all the way from NJ. I believe our conversation started with them asking me if i was half-asian, which they were a bit surprised that i'm 100% Chinese. We also discussed Japan because his dad lived their for a few years and talked about Brooklyn because his mom was originally from there. Eventually they told me i should go hang out with the rest of the group downstairs and didn't want to take away all my time.
Midnight came fast and i had a few cups of cranberry and vodka to be quite inebriated until SQ hands me his drink, which i thought he wanted to give me a sip of it. I try returning it, but he tells me he can't and i can't waste booze and i drank it entirely. That was my downfall, but it won't get me till a little later. I probably shouldn't have drank as much since i've only had two breakfast bars and lunch at the Vortex and been up since 6am.
It's about 3am and Billy needed to sleep since he has work the next morning, so many of us head to Jesse's apt to continue the partying. On the ride to his place i puke a little bit on the side of the road and began to get sleepy as i naturally do. Arrived at the apt and pretty much immediately passed out on his chair only to wake up about 2-3hrs later with everyone leaving. So Jesse gives me an air mattress and i pump it up so that Erin and i can sleep more comfortably.
New Years day, waking up groggily around noon feeling dehydrated and still sleepy. Erin drove SQ back to his place before we headed back to her grandmother's house. Stopped along the way to get some gatorade and finally arrive to her home. I got to meet Erin's grandmother and father, not much the two dogs as they don't take kindly to strangers. We proceed to rest in her room some more cause i needed more nappy time.
Once it was about dinner time and myself feeling better, we head out for some grub and then to see if we can catch a movie. Unfortunately we missed the movie but that's okay cause we watched The Last Unicorn back in her room. I had never seen it and i enjoy making fun of Dan and calling him a pussy for loving it. However, it is a wonderful movie and the songs get stuck in my head. The rest of the night was watching Erin play Fable 2 till 2am and then talking together for a few hrs. Didn't get much sleep but i had to get up and ready to leave her place by 4pm for my flight back home.
My plane was delayed and we had to taxi and wait in line before flying so my 7pm flight didn't leave till about 8:30pm, but i arrive in Newark Airport only about 30min later than originally planned. So overall i had an amazing whirlwind event and pushing my body past its limits, which has taken its toll on me.
I'm sorry no pictures were taken, but if you read this you would see that things just went by incredibly fast. i wish i could have stayed longer, but Erin had a full day of work the next day or i would have totally tried to stay another night. I hope everyone had an amazing New Years Eve as well!