Friends

I hosted my first dinner party the other night. I must say I have to give my mom credit for Christmas Eve dinner, because we made the simplest dishes you could think of and it was work.Trying to time the veggies with the pasta and the chicken will limited resources is a perfected skill. Its funny you would think I would know my way around the kitchen after two years of having my own kitchen in my apartments at school, but thinking back on it I really never had the time. After going to classes, a job, clubs, meetings, and if I am lucky squeezing in the gym, I always have to reach for the fastest thing to make. Ask any college student and I guarantee they will say the same thing. My downtime is my shower, and watching a Jersey Shore or a Chelsea Handler episode (quality TV). We really don't know how to relax in the US, and this isn't the last time your going to hear it.

Back to the dinner- I was lucky this time my friend who went with me to London came over and we shopped and made everything together before everyone showed up. It was really fun to have everyone together, there were friends from school, from classes, friends of friends, and a friend from the suburbs of Paris, I think it was about 8 of us in total.  It was so much fun, everyone got a long really well, especially after the 4 bottles of wine.

I wish I had a big enough dining room for more people. I love celebrating and having great company, sometimes its a problem, just ask my parents on the summer of 2009. I say I am inviting 5 people over it turns to 10, and 10 easily to 20 (Im sorry I just like everyone to have a good time, thats all). However, its just safer for everyone if I go to other peoples houses, which I will be doing tomorrow for another dinner party. I am meeting some really cool people that I am going to have a lot of fun with.