Thoughts

For the fourth and final year, we decided to have some people over for New Year's Eve.

This year's "forced fun" game encapsulated all the previous forced fun games we played. All three teams sent up one contestant each and had to either guess which Skittles flavor they were eating, name the capital of a certain US state, name the movie based off a famous line or quote, spell commonly misspelled words (including "misspell") and name TV shows based on their theme songs.

It seemed like everybody had a good time. And that always makes me feel good.

I've come to realize that I've become very emotional about hosting gatherings. Before people arrive, I'm very antsy in anticipation of the night. And while their here, I keep wanting to make sure they're all having a good time. And once the last person walks out the door, I get very depressed because the party is over.

But to know that everybody had a good time makes it all worthwhile. I'm happy to have hosted a New Year's Eve gathering these last 4 years. Hosting gives me the most joy of anybody attending. But I've learned you never want to over-do anything. So this year's will definitely be our last. It was a good run!