Does everyone besides me have New Year's Eve plans already?

[Lavender Brown]

It seems like it. :nopity:

[lizziegrace]

1. nope

none here

Lelapin will be in Chicago with some Zombie...

[Lavender Brown]

6. Sometimes it's nice to have a quiet New Year's

I just feel like I've had too many in a row. :)

[lizziegrace]

8. I've spent many, many alone

New Year's Eve, Christmas, Christmas Eve and Thanksgiving. The joys of holiday sharing when you're divorced. Christmas is the hardest to spend alone...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. Tell me about it

Last Christmas was the worst. Stuck at home alone with a stomach virus and hearing the neighbors celebrate next door. Christmas and New Years of late have been very depressing for me

[lizziegrace]

28. Awww sweetie...

:hug:

I know you miss your mom. And that virus last year? Horrible, horrible timing. :(

[LeftyMom]

2. Is "get drunk and post stupid shit on DU" a plan?

I have two parties to go to between now and Christmas, but as far as I know I'll be home on NYE.

[Lavender Brown]

9. Sure

Unfortunately, if I don't come up with anything else by then I'll probably be with my sister's family, and I don't think there will be much to drink there. :boring:

[madinmaryland]

10. Ding ding ding!!! That's my plan also!

Wife will be asleep, and daughter will be surfing teh net with her friends.

:shrug:

[malta blue]

3. nope....well, I had some and I cancelled

because I am not sure where my head will be by the time that rolls around :shrug:

[Lavender Brown]

12. I wanted to go out of town

but I have to work that day. They'll probably close the office early, but not soon enough to really go anywhere.

[littlebit]

4. My other half is going to be in Va with her sister.

So I am just going to hang out at the house with my puppies.

[Lavender Brown]

13. That sounds nice.

It's too bad about your other half being away, but puppies are always good company. Adopting a new pet is one of my big plans for 2009. :)

[littlebit]

26. It's no big deal.

In nine years we have spent maybe five holidays together.

[redqueen]

5. Does staying home and watching people having fun on TV

count as plans?

:P

[Lavender Brown]

15. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve?!

Wait, is he still alive? Do they still have that show?

[redqueen]

16. I think so!

I may even go wild and have a glass of champagne. :D

[mcctatas]

7. Nothing special...

just the usual drunken debauchery with my friends, although on New Years the bars don't close so it could just be more of the same than normal ;)

[madinmaryland]

11. Just no tutching the but!

[mcctatas]

14. What is the point of drunken debauchery if the but is left

untutched :P

[alarimer]

17. I am going to spend it with my boyfriend...and his mother.

I know, thrilling, right?

Well she's very nice but that isn't what I thought was going to happen when we decided to spend one holiday together, either Christmas or New Year's. I picked New Years.

Oh well.

[flvegan]

18. My plans are to curse the fireworks morons in my area

for fucking with my (and everyone else's) dogs.

And yes, they're illegal here.

[LeftyMom]

19. At this point that's a holiday tradition.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. I think we're going to NYC, but I would hardly call it New Year's Eve plans.

We're going to see family.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Hah! Loser. My New Year's Eve plans are scheduled already for the next decade.

[femmocrat]

22. Don 't know, but my plans are set in stone.

I'm cursing the fireworks with flvegan. And around here, they also fire their shotguns at midnight. Rednecks.

[Lavender Brown]

23. Oh NOW I'm depressed.

:P

[MissMillie]

25. no plans

I'll probably be alone, again

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I haven't had New Years plans in at least ten years

and that's OK with me...

[MilesColtrane]

29. I'll be working...

...like I have since I was 14.

New Years day is the real party for musicians.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. yeah. Working...Big plans.

x(

[mwooldri]

35. Me too... working.

But it was a trade off... either have a long Thanksgiving weekend with the family which was pre-planned beforehand or work new Years... I chose to have TG off instead.

But if all works well I will have vacation in February too.

Mark.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. I did the same thing...took a long Thanksgiving but, have to work

Christmas and New Year's. Happy Holidays to us both :party:

[Ava]

31. nope.. i don't

[yellowdogintexas]

32. my daughter and her boyfriend will still be here on their Winter Break so

we will do family stuff, I imagine

[mikeytherat]

33. This year AND next year are already planned.

But that's the life of a musician.

mikey_the_rat

[hobbit709]

34. I don't go out on Amateur Idiot Night.

[underpants]

36. Me the wife and some Dickel

[mokawanis]

45. A drink, a bowl, and to bed by 1 am

I have to work early on Jan. 1. :(
At least I'll make time-and-a-half that day. :)

edit - Put this in the wrong place, meant for it to respond to the op. :(

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. I do not.

Unless you consider unpacking boxes to be plans.

I like it that way. :hug:

[Lavender Brown]

49. I like to go out on NYE, but there's always this feeling

that everyone is supposed to plan something big, so whatever I'm doing I imagine that everyone else is partying on a yacht or at Gatsby's house or something. :P Staying in sounds good right now. :hug:

[SarahB]

38. My fabulous plans are way more exciting than the rest of you peasants!

I WORK 7pm-7am on New Years Eve (and New Years Day too). I'll have a great paycheck the next week. Sucky New Years'. :(

[Danger Mouse]

40. Getting drunk and crying myself to sleep?

:P

[Lavender Brown]

50. Don't do that...

:pals:

[bikebloke]

41. No plans here.

Unless staying home and kipping before midnight is a plan. More of a tradition for a few years.

[supernova]

42. I don't have any NYE plans

I was hoping to maybe get away to the beach for New Years, but I don't know if that will be possible. Money is very tight.

[Lavender Brown]

48. Same here

I have to save for a trip to Florida for a wedding later in the year, otherwise I'd like to take a vacation this winter too.

[kentauros]

43. Hardly. I never make plans for New Year's.

I have a low tolerance to alcohol, not that I have a problem with that or with drinking. But, as it's just me driving me around, then I can't imbibe.

However, it's not so much the drunk-driving of my own or the others that keeps me at home and inside. No, it's the falling bullets I shy away from.

[BarenakedLady]

44. Nope

I never do anything on New Year's Eve.

[Iggo]

46. Kevlar helmet, bathtub, and pray for 1AM. (n/t)

[1gobluedem]

47. My SO and I have our Christmas on NYE

With his three kids. Easier than trying to work it in with his family Christmas, my family Christmas, and his kids' mother's family Christmas. We order pizza, have champagne, and let the kids stay up as late as they want. Although now that they're getting older they usually have plans. Last NYE it was just us; very fun and even romantic for a change.

[SeattleGirl]

51. Same plans I always have: stay home.

It's not bad, actually.

[harmonicon]

52. not me

I'm completely at a loss as to what to do. I'm flying back to the US for Christmas, but it was hundreds of dollars cheaper to come back here before New Years.... I sort of have plans to visit a friend after that, but since I'll be back here on the morning of the 30th, I don't really think I want to fly out again right after that, so I'm probably stuck here.... don't know what I'll do. A lot of my friends here, however, do have plans - out of town :( *sigh* it may be a very lonely new years..... or maybe Liz doesn't have plans, will break up with her boyfriend, and want to spend that night with me - but I'm not counting on it.

[madrchsod]

53. staying home and crying cause i`m turning 62....

you do`t want to see a grown man cry.....

[DarkTirade]

54. Well I DID, but now I don't.

Not sure what I'm gonna be doing' now. :shrug:

[Lucian]

55. I have no plans.

But I took New Year's Eve and New Year's Day off work just in case.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. My dear Lavender Brown...

I don't think I've ever gone out on New Year's Eve...ever!

We'll be staying in...

That's our plan, anyway...

:hug:

[Lil Missy]

57. Yes. I plan to stay home! You couldn't PAY me enough to drive anywhere on NYE!

Same with St. Patty's Day around here. Bars open at 7:00 a.m. I won't even drive 6 blocks to the Quik Shop.

[NC_Nurse]

58. Yeah. I'm on call. Yippee.

Shoot me now.

[CBHagman]

59. I barely know what I'm having for lunch...

...much less what I'm going to do New Year's Eve.


Cue Ella Fitzgerald's silky rendition of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

[Rhiannon12866]

60. Nope. I never have plans. For the past three years, I've watched my SO sleep...

This year, I'll just be watching my dog. Also, I won't be drinking. Sounds like a blast...:party:

[LoveMyCali]

61. there are worse ways to ring in the New Year

than watching your dog. BTW, does that crazy little bundle of fur ever sleep?

I rarely drink on New Year's Eve but I'll wish you a better 2009 when I sip my sparkling cider. :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

62. The New Year's that I liked the best of all was 2005-6.

He fell asleep early, was sleeping a lot because he'd just had surgery. So I had some wine and I posted on DU, a rare memorable time. I felt needed and cared for and read some touching posts on DU.:-)

There was one guy who was homesick, who was posting from Egypt. It meant a lot to him to communicate with those of back home on that night. The next day he started a thread, thanking those of us who had kept him company when he was so far away. :-)

But my favorite was Rev. Cheesehead. I posted that it was just me and three dogs there, that my "patient" was asleep. And she replyed that, with three dogs for company, I was truly blessed...:hi:

[LoveMyCali]

64. I dog and two cats aren't half bad either

I'll be at my sister's, hopefully my jackass BIL will be asleep and it will be my sister, my two nieces and Alesa's spouse Liz.

I'm just thankful that we will have another year together my friend.

[Rhiannon12866]

65. Yeah, but they're a third bad, LOL. And it's this way every night...

Not naming names, one of them is always looking for trouble, so there's always a dust-up, a crash or some scary noise. I'll bet you can guess...;)

It's just that there's no chance of hearing another human voice unless it's Rachel's...:-(

But you're right. I will *knock on wood* see another year, as Lori always reminds me that I came close to missing...;(

Thank you.:hug:

And have a happy one...:party:

[petronius]

63. What, there's another New Year's Eve?! Didn't we just have a New Year's Eve?

Fuck, I haven't even started my Valentine's Day shopping yet...