Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, one and all!
Well, we made it through yet another strange and tangled anum, not without a few bruises and lumps to show for the fight, either.
Any of you that KNOW ME, know I'm in a wicked legal battle for my dog , Tucker, whom my family misses dreadfully. That's still ongoing, but the outlook is promising, knock wood. In summation, a shelter was notified by us of Tuck's being MIA, they lied about having him then adopted him out, ILLEGALLY. Humane my ass...
BUT ANYWAY......
I managed to not work on New Year's, but I did run ragged Friday and Saturday nights! The HOTEL was packed and when you only have 21 tables, you have to slide them in where you can, or hustle em out at the most opertune moment. I only had to turn away one group...idiots...who comes into a packed restaurant, party of 8, with NO RESERVATIONS?????? duh.... if there are no parking spots, what makes these retards think they will magicly have a table waiting just for their large unreserved party? And then their indignity... don't I know who they are? (no, I don't, nor do I care) why, they KNOW THE OWNERS!:O (yes, so do I, for all the good that will do you while standing at the door with no rezzy). Ah well, you cant win them all, right?
I was not invited to the hotel "holiday party" for employees, nor did I expect to be, as I am sort of a stand in Hostess, on call when needed. Yes, I also clean the hotel, when its not inundated with celebratory gaudies (decorations to some...), but alas, the BIG CHEESE only likes me on weekdays, not weekends or holidays... or anytime he's under duress would be more accurate! But I'm not overly worried about weather I am liked or not. I gave that up in seventh grade. So long as I do the job I was hired to do and do it well, I am at ease.
Back at the ranch.... Hubby and I had another couple over for New Years eve. It was wonderful! La & Hubby came in around 10:15, we talked and sipped for the next two hours quietly and voila! the clock ticked us into another year! No fireworks. No live band. No theatrics. No resolutions. Just a nice middle aged new years celebration :)

May your New Year be filled with joy, a minimum of pain, and a dab of humility, just to keep you human. Be well all!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!