The Sober Review

It's somewhat difficult to follow drunken Tony.

It really was a great party! Megan and Guy were the first guests to arrive. Guy set up and maintained the fire and Megan helped Tony find the recipe for Sunday breakfast. And Guy had this hat. Very few people can wear a fried egg, bacon and mushy peas on their heads without looking foolish. Thanks to Megan, Guy did a beautiful job. You can see this for yourself at toaster.albeterlli.com:85/weblog/ (I haven't figured out how to do links yet, but it's worth the typing). Jessica and Anthony arrived from Kentucky next. This set up the dynamic of veterinarians and their non-vet partners quite nicely. Megan is in a lab animal residency/PhD program and Jessica will be finishing her PhD and starting a pathology residency this fall. Guy also has a Masters. Lots of education floating around the room.

I don't remember the order of everyone else's arrival (sorry), but at 7:30 the party was officially kicked off by throwing a wooden dragon head in the fire. We figure that about 20 people made it to the party including Carrie and James from Chicago, Bridgitt from Lansing, Jen from Lima, David, Karen, Brooke, Katie, Ann and Bill from RAH, Brian, Darrin, Jessica, Ken, Chris, Corrie, Greg (if I'm forgetting anyone please forgive me). A lot of people for our little house.

There was a lot of food, too. I made mushroom stuffed mushrooms, black forest icebox cookies, miscellaneous premade treats and Aztec Elixer Haute Chocolate from Vosges. Tony made tortilla chips, coconut-crab treats and blueberyy/raspberry pecan french toast for breakfast on Sunday. Jessica brought lovely brownies. Chris brought a tex/mex dip. Ann brought Key Lime pie and Bill made spicy chex mix. Guy brought a trunk load of wood to feed our fire. Mmmmm, wood.

There were also a lot of drinks. We'd stocked up on some basics (mmmmmm, Caramel Temptation), but may other lovely beverages were brought along. Anthony made everyone B-52s, Tony made his signature Pink Squirrels. Katie created a lovely treat that she called a Caramel Pajama (I don't remember what 's in it now except for the Caramel Temptation - mmmm),

Surprisingly, not many games were played. A large part of the evening was spent chatting. To be fair, Darrin and Brian did beat Brooke and Katie at eucher with our scary palying cards. I guess that you could call "guess what stage of drunkeness Tony's at " a game, too. He happily announced about 11:30 that he was almost at Stage 6 ("When I talk about my sex life"). Shortly after that people started leaving. Hmmm ... As the evening continued we did break out the PS2 for some rousing rounds of Karaoke Revolution. Most of the remaining guests sang at least once. Carrie is the reigning champion of "One Week". David wins for best performance and Guy without a doubt was the most enthusiastic. I will always enjoy the memory of Guy and Tony singing "You're The One that I Want". There was much laughter until the remaining 8 of us (Guy, Megan, Carrie, James, Anthony, Jessica, Tony and me) straggled our way to bed at 3:30.

I woke up at 9:30 to the happy voices of Tony, Jess, Megan and Anthony. Tony got breakfast started and we enjoyed the special french toast and bacon (the house still smells a little bacony). Sadly, the snow and promised winter mix meant that everyone had to leave early. Jessica and Anthony stayed alittle later to chat, but Kentucky is a long way away. Thus eneded the magnificent Pajama Party of 2005. Those of you who couldn't make it did miss out, but we'll invite you next year.

Guy left his hat behind. I mailed it to him yesterday.
James, I hope that the final went well.