judecorp | Thoughts on housewarming (Reply)

I had a really fun time. (This is a good thing, since it was my party and all of that. Yes, I could cry if I wanted to, but who wants to cry at their party?) There were lots of people from lots of different groups or areas of my life, and it seemed like everyone had at least a marginally good time. There were a few people I was concerned about, and I will probably ask them privately, but for the most part, people were chatty and friendly, and I like that.

For

zuzubailey76, I am going to namedrop:

356dreamer,

cabrit,

crena,

crpg_empusae,

donewithyou,

ebeth,

grrlpower,

hopemcg,

kat_chan,

kieron,

kungfoogirl,

laughingsal,

lemur68,

pattisimmons,

prettyvacantone,

spacecadetjen,

therewaslight,

wasted_breath,

whirledpeas, and

whod81. Heh. What a bunch of LJ dorks! (There were people without LJs, too, but they were definitely in the minority.)

We have too many beverages in the house now, so we need to find someplace to put them. Thank you to all of the lovely people who brought bottles of wine (now we need a wine rack) and gifts - you are so sweet. It's funny, people kept saying "Congratulations" to me, and my first thought was, "Why are they congratulating me? I just moved!" And then it hit me that I moved in with Jen and that's a Big Deal^TM. So yeah, congratulations, Jennifer!

Everyone seemed to like the apartment, which is cool because I love the apartment so much. The downstairs is so big and open and it makes me happy! I'm glad people liked it. We spread some of Jen's art around and I was glad, because I'm so proud of her and what she does.

The good:

Seeing Former Coworker Jennifer, because I miss her already.

Seeing Hope and Megan, because I never see them.

Meeting Kat, finally.

That whole "congratulations" thing.

Lack of drama

Going to Tee Jaye's after, because I was /starving/.

I just love everyone.

But I am obsessed with the Peases.

The Bad:

There were underage drinkers at my party, and it made me uncomfortable.

What was worse was that I know these underage drinkers from the place I volunteer at, and that is an ENORMOUS no-no, and I have to tell my Program Coordinator.

I always worry when people leave that they didn't have a good time.

One of my good friends got insulted, and upset, and I felt horrible.

My apartment smells like beer now.

The worst thing, by far, was the youth thing. I'm really beside myself about it. I didn't know what to say, and I didn't know how to explain to the people (or the people who brought them) that I'm not even supposed to socialize in any way with these people, let alone watch them consume alcoholic beverages in my home. The whole thing puts my stomach in knots. I hope I'm still allowed to volunteer. :(

Thanks to everyone who came and wished us well, and to everyone who couldn't come but wished us well anyway, and to

photodork for calling! (And those of you who didn't come and don't wish us well, SCREW YA!)