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Thursday 31 December – part four: happy new year with quite a party!
After that, we got inundated by people, including some of Sue’s family and Steve’s family and their friends. All were great and we had so much fun with all of them.
I think it’s fair to say that as the night progressed, people were getting the worse for wear. Poor old Dave was run off his feet and did a really sterling job of keeping everyone filled up with drinks.
The night went by really quickly and, before we knew it, it was midnight and we got to watch the ball drop at Times Square for the first time ever. I’m sorry, but I was really disappointed by this. All the major cities in the world, London included, do amazing fireworks displays and we were half expecting the same from New York City, but there wasn’t anything like that, which was a bit of a shame. I knew that it’s tradition, but even so.... I also found it a bit freaky that we had celebrated new year and they kept celebrating new year and they kept cutting to Las Vegas, who had a good couple of hours before they were due to celebrate it. I can’t begin to imagine what that must be like. On that subject, I can see that I’m glad to find that new year’s TV here is just as bad as it is at home. It’s full of people desperately trying to fill the time until midnight.
Anyway, back to the party.... I won’t say much more about it, except to say that I think these photos (which have been edited to preserve some people’s modesty / reputations... ), should give you some of the story....
”Is it over yet? Proof I was there!
I also videoed the arrival of new year itself, as Steve had, by now, completely deserted his videoing duties. I’m sure he’ll be really happy with the footage I managed to shoot... at least I hope so!
I managed to stay awake until 1.00 and then it was too much for me. I was just in too much pain with my back hurting, so I headed off to bed. I didn’t know at the time, but Sue apparently kept yelling at everyone to quieten down, after I went up to bed, which was sweet of her, but Mark told me that no-one really paid much attention to her.... It was fine, as I did actually fall asleep, despite all the noise from the jukebox downstairs.
Mark crawled up to bed and told me it was 3.45 when he did so and apparently that was the point at which everyone gave up and went to bed. I was very impressed that he managed to stay up that late, but at that time, I wasn’t really interested in hearing about it at that time. :
The weather today was snow, but later dry and sunny, with temperatures in the high 20s. The best thing today was Sue and Steve’s new year party. The worst thing today was the lack of good souvenir books on the Pocono mountains. The funniest thing today was the state of everyone at the party. Today we tried going to Panera Bread for lunch And the result was it was a great place to eat. The most magical moment today was seeing all the snow first thing in the morning.
Ok, so that's New Year's Eve finished with - there are still a couple more installments to come in this trip report, but you'll have to wait until we're back from our French trip next weekend for those.
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Oh...you're going to leave us hanging? That's okay...I hope you guys have a safe trip! Will we be getting a new TR for this trip as well?
As for New Years in NYC. I never was a big fan of watching the ball drop either. I mean, I still watch it because it's tradition, but I never quite understood what possessed those people to stand in that crowd for hours upon hours just to see a ball drop. And don't even get me started on wondering how they possibly get to a bathroom if they have to go???
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Wow, that looked like quite the party! I am curious to see how the next morning was...
Chez will give you the big update, but one of our STRICTEST rules is you don't drink and drive at our house. Even when graduated from college and had a house party, his friends brought along 3 designated drivers. That's not a liability we are willing to take. We have futons all over, couches, and plentyt of floor space if neccessary.
In keeping with that tradition, it was quite a full house the next morning....
What a great way to celebrate New Year's Eve. I will admit that watching the Time Square ball drop on TV is nothing exciting except watching thousands of people freezing as they kept popping to the warmer celebrations in CA and LV, I did actually go a few times years ago but standing in the middle of a crowd when it was freezing really did not do it for me either....I agree some fireworks would be nice
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I loved seeing the pics from the New Years Eve party Cheryl! Sure looks like Sue and Steve sure know how to throw a good party. Enjoy your trip to France. I'm looking forward to reading about that trip too.
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I was just in too much pain with my back hurting, so I headed off to bed. I didn’t know at the time, but Sue apparently kept yelling at everyone to quieten down, after I went up to bed, which was sweet of her, but Mark told me that no-one really paid much attention to her.... It was fine, as I did actually fall asleep, despite all the noise from the jukebox downstairs. 
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That's okay...I hope you guys have a safe trip! Will we be getting a new TR for this trip as well?
And don't even get me started on wondering how they possibly get to a bathroom if they have to go??? 
The pre-trip report went up this morning, so you can see our plans. 
Enjoy your trip to France. I'm looking forward to reading about that trip too.
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