New Year, new start.

With the beginning of 2008, I decided to switch blog sites and go for the slightly more serious-looking setup of WordPress. I’m not entirely sure that anyone will think what I write about is serious, but that’s their opinion I suppose.

We rang in the year at Lindsey’s house, doubling the celebration for Jessica’s 23rd birthday. Anyone who knows us can attest to the fact that we know how to have a good, fun time. Give us a beer and some music that makes us want to dance, and we’ll show you a good time. Of course, with the rest of the gang (Erin, Nicole, Lacey, Jeremy, Kyle, Dani, Dustin, Gracie) there, it was only that much more fun. Rick and Mike had called and decided to swing by, which couldn’t have made me more happy because I haven’t seen either of them since St. Patrick’s Day. They showed up, and a while later, another of their friends, Shawn, came. Big mistake on his part.

I cannot tell you exactly what started it, but once the fists started swinging, there was no control anywhere in that house. In my life never have I seen a fight anything like the one last night. It was like a movie scene, playing in slow motion right in front of me. I think everyone that was there, with the exception of Angie, Dani, and Angie’s two young daughters, was in the middle of it at some point in those 10 minutes. Even I have a big red mark on my leg somehow. Lindsey’s table and front porch rail are trashed. There was blood on the carpet, and the neighbors called the cops. Pretty ridiculous in my mind.

After talking to Rick this morning, I found out that Shawn doesn’t remember anything about a fight and has an awful black eye. I’m betting his entire body hurts because he took quite a beating from what I saw. Undoubtedly, he won’t be invited to hang out with us again.

I am disappointed that my first blog of 2008 is about the first fight of the year, but the fact that I actually felt slightly scared while the entire thing was happening makes it worth writing about. Not everything can be cheery all the time.

Let’s hope 2008 brings better things from now on.

~ by Carrie on January 1, 2008.