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We didn't have any plans for New Year's Eve; I decided to pick up some hours at work and actually had a call begging me to come in to cover for some sick guy. So I got 8 hours, which was actually pretty busy. I have been getting more comfortable in my job. And they finally got my paycheck right. It's about time!

We had invites to 2 different parties, but didn't feel like being all that social. Since we hadn't seen todfox in awhile I asked if he was doing anything, and that we were planning to sit around and watch the lava lamp. He seemed agreeable to this. Then I got a craving for Chinese food, specifically at Wan-Fu down south. So then the plan turned into hanging out with Bro, who lives 3 blocks from Wan-Fu. He's a pretty mellow sit-watching-the-lava-lamp kind of fellow too. We had yummy Chinese (bad service though, which was uncharacteristic) then the guys all played with their Okama Gamesphere or whatever it was while I chatted with some friends on-line. It was fun- I was afraid Kit would be bored because I have a picture of him in my head as this shaman-hippie fellow and it hadn't occured to me that shaman-hippies might like Tony Hawk pro-skater or whatever the hell it was. But he had fun and we all watched fireworks from the balcony.

Then we decided to go home and watch an amusing DVD Eric had gotten for Christmas detailing all the horrible things marijuana makes people do- 'educational' stuff a la 'Reefer Madness'. There was a bit of paranoia when a cop followed me for a couple of miles, but he turned off and we arrived home safely around 2am. I lasted through part of the movie then crashed. Kit and Eric stayed up for a little longer then Eric came up to bed. We took Kit back the next day.

New Year's itself was quiet. Eric got an urge to cook, and made a delicious pot roast with baked potatoes. Cathy and Dave came over and enjoyed it with us.

The next day Bean had asked to come over. She missed Bob who spent the holidays in Atlanta with his fambly so she was bored. Then Bob called- we didn't expect him 'til Thursday but he had left that morning and lost his apartment key somewhere along the way. So we all converged here to eat junk food, watch the lava lamp, and hot tub. Bob was exhausted though and zonked out pretty quickly. Bean and I spend a pleasant hour or so chatting, girl talk, in the hot tub. Our weddings, how we met our hubbies, that kind of thing. Fun!

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I left my fern out in the cold, and it partially froze. Sad fern. I thought bringing it in since it was supposed to be colder would be happy, and I did. But you know what? Thawed out fern smells like old, stinky fish. What the hell is up with that??

Today was clean, pay bills, and like that. I was up late last night setting up a Yahoo club for my coven. I had all these grand plans to have a members-only section of the website with calendars, contact information, and all that keen stuff. But I have to finally admit: I hate coding. I don't have the least interest in learning how to do it unless it's so mind-liquifyingly simple that I can tweak with colors and fonts and whatall, like how Live Journal is. So rather than wait another year or two while I beat myself up about not learning html, I started up a Yahoo group. It does everything I was wanting to do plus other neat stuff. Yeah, the ads irritate the shit out of me but I consider it fair price to pay for me not having to learn to code.

So that's been birthed. It was good getting together with everyone, and really getting down to business. One of the long-time Dedicants took another step towards Initiation, which makes me happy. I know that everyone's path is different and it's not my job to recruit a bunch of people blah blah, but at the same time if I invest a bunch of time and energy in teaching someone and they do decide to continue on this path, I feel like I've accomplished something. I also am looking to the day when I croak and there hopefully will be enough people that believe in what I've tried to do that it will continue on rather than die with me. My other long-time Dedicant gives me the feeling that he's really a solitary who likes to show up for the occasional ritual, which is fine but it's not the same, you know?

Other than that, it's been cold. Our comforter is all ratty and I wish we had a new one that was warm, but it's hard to justify it when it's really only cold for a few weeks out of the whole year. I guess the fact that I run around naked all day could be part of the problem too.