My Housewarming Party

It’s hard to believe that I just had my housewarming party. I’ve moved several times in my life, never once felt excited about it. They were all for practical reasons and I moved with little notice. This time I couldn’t keep a low profile. My ladies friends were happy for me because I’m finally moving back close to town. Everyone was curious about my new apartment and new environment, so I held a housewarming party. It took me almost three months to finally get everything settled down. Three months of non-stop packing, planning, moving and unpacking. Finally it was time for me to relax a little bit.

We set the date more than a month head so that all the goldies can make it. Still, there was no guarantee everything would go our way. Michelle couldn’t fly back on the scheduled day from her business trip as she planned, She was going to miss the gathering. You see? Murphy’s Law! We felt very sorry when receiving her e-mail. Yet, my instinct told me that things might change at the last moment, it’s Murphy’s Law! What do you know? Michelle did work every possible way to fly home on Saturday to join us for the evening program. She missed the exciting Karaoke part, still we were all deeply touched and welcomed her with wide open arms.

Sherry, Irene, and Pamela arrived first. Lydia and Linda came second. When Kate, Gina and her friend from afar Vita arrived, we had finished lunch and moved to the Karaoke room. Everyone bought something good to eat though I reminded them not to. With good snacks, drinks and numerous songs, we almost blew the roof off.

Linda and Sherry had to leave before Michelle arrived for a wedding banquet. Sherry would return for the slumber party and see Michelle. Michelle arrived before six. We had another exciting chat with some new topics while having dinner. It’s about 10:30 p.m., nobody wanted to leave before Sherry returned from the banquet. When Sherry finally showed up, we had another blast laughing and taking photos.

Only Pamela and Sherry can stay overnight. Michelle having been away on business trip needed to be with her husband. Others had programs early next morning. So we called it a day.

Pamela and I walked Gina, Irene, Kate, Lydia, Michelle and Vita out. To our big surprise, we couldn’t find Lydia’s car. What happened? It was towed! How could that happen? It was a narrow alley next to our reception area. This had never happened before. It was my fault and I hoped my negligence didn’t make their husbands worry. It took us quite a long driving back and force to the tow station to finally had the car released. Luckily we had each other’s company to deal with it together. We even joked and laughed about it.

Sherry was home alone. Well, I knew it was perfectly alright with her as long as she has a book in hand.

When Pamela and I arrived home, it was midnight. We were still wild awake. After taking a shower we continued our chat and took some more photos before we hit the sack. Women!

I don’t know when we fell asleep. It doesn’t matter. We had a wonderful time. Pamela left shortly after we got up the next morning. Moses came to pick her up. Sherry and I kept spending our day together having breakfast, watching movies, taking a stroll on the oldest street of the town, enjoying the snacks sold by the street vendors and eateries until it was 5:00 p.m. Wow, how did all the time pass?

After sending Sherry off, I sighed, “I made it, I finally made it!’ It was an enjoyable party. Everybody seemed happy and excited. As for me? I’m going to have my new life at the new place. Hope my family loves it, too.