Missed the Count Down

So, we have the greatest friends ever in our buddies Lindsay and Brandon Purdie.

One of our favorite Fellow/ Purdie traditions is our New Years Eve party. We plan for weeks ahead. This year the boys were in charge of food. They got together to plan the menu and do the shopping.

But when yesterday came, I was worried we'd have to cancel because of Tim's ear. He couldn't hear or chew, and he was in enough pain to take medicine and go back to the doctor before the party. I told him we could just do in Thursday night. No big deal. He refused.

He spent the first hour or so pacing around their house because of the pain, but after a while his newest medicine kicked in, and he was good to go. I had been pregnancy sick all day because with him so sick, I had to skip my Unisome (best drug ever), which is a sleeping pill that keeps me from feeling sick the next day. I was worried I would not make it to mid-night.

But we seemed to be doing fine.

After dinner we all sat around and talked while Lindsay looked for "Lars and the Real Girl," which we had planned to watch. When she couldn't find it at about 9 p.m., we just kept talking. I thought it was about 10 p.m. and Brandon got up and walked into another room. When he came back, he said, "Oh my gosh! We missed New Years. It's 12:25!"

The four of us toasted some cider at 12:30 and kept talking 'till 3 a.m.

Now that is friendship, and we are beyond grateful for it.