Casey felt I should write about my birthday this past Friday, even though she had planned for me to get drunk and not remember it entirely. Luckily, I was one drink short of that position.
Anyways, Casey made a truck load of snacks for the party. Besides the usual chips, dip, and vegetables, she made two especially good appetizers: Hawaiian meatballs and bacon-wrapped breadsticks.......what a hit they were. Before the party, Casey made sure to give me my gift: an XBox 360. I made sure it was hooked up for "all of us to enjoy" (you'll see the irony of that as you read on). About 7pm was when the first of the guests arrived. Rob and Lauren arrived first, followed immediately by our neighbors across the street Gerry and Roseanne. We just hung out for the most part, and eventually got into playing some XBox (Rob and Lauren had gotten me a boxing game that I was playing at that time). Chris and Jenn came over in the midst of that, and unfortunately Gerry and Roseanne had to return home. My brother Mark and cousin Ross came over soon after their departure, so now there was enough people there for me to make the rounds and be a good host.
After the usual catching up and good conversation, Casey wanted the ice cream cake to be served. In the midst of that, our final guests Ryan and Linda made it. In between the cake and general discussions as I made my way around to everyone, Casey started pressuring me to start drinking the hard drinks she had planned. First she gave me a 3 Wise Men (a shot of Jack Daniels, Johnny Walker, and Jim Bean mixed), which thanks to some egging on from a few friends, I chugged down in one gulp. Good stuff, but it didn't take long for me to feel its effects. Eventually I was served my first Danger Bomb (shot of Jagermeister dropped into a glass of root beer and chugged), which my brother was nice enough to share one with me. Then Ross had one with me later on. After going back and forth with friends, bringing some downstairs to show off the cool things I had down there, I was handed my XBox controller, and forced to play with everyone watching. I attempted to pass the controller off several times, but then requests kept coming for me to play different games. I had more Danger Bombs during this time, although the count of how many is disputed. I figure I had 3 total, but Casey recalls 5. Neither of us can be certain because aside from what I was drinking, she was drinking Mike's Hard Cranberry and Arbor Mist thruought the night.....yeah, you can't trust either one of us.
After the games, most of the guests took off. The only ones who stayed were Ryan and Linda, who are usually the late night people. At this point I was pretty out of it, but still somewhat coherent. The four of us relaxed by watching TV. At some point after midnight, I decided that because it was officially Valentine's Day, I was going to give Casey her gift. It was downstairs, but everyone warned me not to try to make it down the steps. They were right. A few steps from the bottom, I slipped and slid to the bottom, putting the tip of my right foot through the wall. I felt the pain, but it didn't bother me. I came back up to everyone's laughter as they knew what had happened. Still, Casey liked the keychain locket I had gotten her from Coach. It wasn't until around 1:30 AM when Ryan and Linda decided to leave as we were all beginning to fall asleep. They departed, and Casey and I immediately went to bed to sleep off the alcohol. We didn't really get up later that morning until close to noon. That should tell you how great this party was.
All in all, a great party with some great family and friends. Everyone had a good time, I got some cool gifts to keep me busy for a while, and now I have a paid holiday tomorrow, so I'm gonna go and enjoy the rest of my 3-day weekend. The party has died down, but it'll start up again on the next special occassion. That I'm sure of.
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