Autonomy is the new New Year’s
Two more days left and the pressure to be spectacular on Thursday night is on. New Year’s always carries with it this overwhelming pressure to have the most fun ever.
Honestly, I’m done with pressure. The way I want to ring in the new year is a quiet night of self pampering. While many a party, bar night, and girls night in have been proposed to me I think what I need more than anything is a little down time. Time to pluck my eyebrows and catch up on Netflix seems downright sinful right now. This year has been busy and dramatic and crazy, and I think that more than makes up for spending New Year’s wearing sweatpants and feeling awkward about Dick Clark.
While I have tried to politely bow out of the invites sent my way, most people think I’m either crazy or depressed. I don’t know when it became an unwritten rule that being alone on New Year’s means that you’re unloved or anti-social; sometimes a little quiet goes a long way toward recharging for a full year ahead.
This New Year’s Eve I’m making a date with my toes, my eyebrows, my DVD collection and I refuse to feel lame about it. Honestly, I can’t wait, I’m really looking forward to a night with zero responsibility.
How are you spending your Eve?
Breakfast
Banana crunch cereal w/strawberries and 1% milk
Grapefruit juice
Snack
Pear
Lunch
Cauliflower soup
Salad w/lettuce, beets, mandarin oranges, yellow pepper, and almonds
Oil & vinegar
Dinner
Rajmah (Red bean curry), recipe from Pink of Perfection
Over brown rice, topped with plain yogurt
Kim
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I am little jealous of your quiet New Years. We will be starting out at my brother and sis in law’s “family party”and then heading to our friend’s “not family” party. We will probably stay the night there and then possibly go out to brunch on New Years day. It will be fun indeed. But I hate party hopping. I prefer to go to one party and just hunker down. Also, as lame as this sounds, I hate leaving my dog all alone for extended periods of time and I will have to do that in order to accomplish both parties. So as much fun as I know I will have, I kinda wanna hang out with my dog and my man and drink champagne and not do much else. Oh well, I was out voted. And I know a good time will be had regardless. Bring on 2010!
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I’m so glad you made the rajmah! Honestly, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, even though Sebastian thought it was too spicy. I think it will enter the regular rotation. Have I told you I’m doing the Body and Soul detox again this year? Trying to squeeze in more Chinese food before Monday…
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