I am recapping New Year’s Eve. I knew offhand I wanted to do something low key. I have over the years gone to: hotel parties, clubs, bars, celebrated in Miami, went to crowded house parties, you name it. And I’ve had a blast. But due to the high volume of work parties, birthday parties, celebrations and get-togethers I’ve experienced over the past 3 months, I was too burnt out to do anything big. I was relieved my aunt (who will be retiring soon) wanted to host New Year’s Eve at her place with my uncle. Since they will be relocating out of the country, I knew this might be one of our last get-togethers at their place. I said yes.
I did my yearly ritual of walking around the block with a packed suitcase to promote more travels this upcoming year. I know it sounds crazy, but I did not want to miss out on any opportunity not to book something. I just want the universe to see that I’m serious! Lol. I also stuffed my pockets of my sequin blazer with euros and U.S dollars to promote wealth throughout the year. At dinner I carefully ate my 12 grapes to promote luck, and felt good about not missing anything important.
The ONE THING that did make me nervous was that I did some cleaning around the apartment. I’ve read two sides to this, one that you SHOULD have a clean apartment to bring in the new year, but the other debate said not to because you might accidently lose something since you are in the process of “getting rid” of stuff. Who knows?
I had a lovely evening with my family (much better than Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve). Maybe because we were sharing stories with my aunt and uncle who were in Mexico during the holidays. I brought some party favors and they were a hit. I’m glad everyone was happy.
