New Years
We had some of our friends around on New Years Eve for dinner to see in 2009. We (actually Kathleen) cooked (and I helped prepare) a few dishes, and our friends brought some additional dishes over. As usual at our gatherings, there were so many leftovers we practically had to force foil-wrapped food into their hands at the end of the night!
Since we were hardly drinking, the only real excitement of the night came when the sliding screen door to the apartment was accidentally locked... with everyone outside on the balcony, we were locked out! Luckily, we were able to take the screen door off its railing, so didn't have to call out to the neighbours (who were out anyway), or jump down to the front door of the apartment building.
We walked down to the bridge near Wollstonecraft station at around 11.30pm, and it was packed. After ten minutes, we weren't even able to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge from our vantage point (though we could see the fireworks just fine). The crowd was happy and boisterous without being obnoxious or drunk.
And we finally got to bed at around 2.30am.
Hope your new years was good, too.
