Happy New Year Everyone!
2006 here we come – hope everyone had a good celebration & all
I quite enjoyed it this year – it had everything that was required – went to a house party with my former uni mates, plus some of their friends
Until midnight it was going surprisingly well with no damage to the house whatsoever – which is pretty impressive for a combined new years and house warming party
It didn’t go badly wrong but it certainly was a bit of a change when the cheapo “Champagne” or more accurately Asti was being drunk shortly followed by the Fireworks….

Ok, I will set the scene, the house is my ex flatmate from uni’s and letting off the fireworks are his two mates from school and himself.
Starts off fairly well, though the fireworks are obviously the extra value cheapo set, but they make a few bangs along with some pretty fountains
But when one of his mates set off a rocket directly from his hand which went flying into the garden of the house two doors down you could tell that something mad was a brewing
He then proceeded to light fireworks while about 3 feet away from one that was going off and lit one and threw it into a corner of the garden
I think about that point most of the group went into the kitchen to watch from the safety of indoors
But, then one of the fireworks had blown a hole in the pots they were using to set them off and the nutter set one off which was pointing in the direction of everyone else and was not well secured. And you guessed it… it was in the pot which had the hole in it!
Firework goes whirling round to shout of it’s coming this way
Those that hadn’t gone inside (like myself) now ran for the kitchen door, which only made it worse as the end of the firework flew out, bounced off the patio, through the kitchen door. All the while it was chucking black smoke and sparks bounced off peoples’ legs (including mine) as we ran further into the kitchen!
Eventually it went out, fortunately causing no injuries and we can only be thankful that the kitchen had a stone floor rather than anything expensive or flammable as it was now covered with firework debris on the floor and up the walls.

I dont think anyone could quite believe what had happened, and on reflection how lucky we all were. A bit of soap and water and the floor and walls were good as new and the last two fireworks were set off by the other two to a muted applause.

After that everyone needed a few more stiff drinks and 2006 had arrived!

The rest of the party went well, apart from the cream carpet getting covered by several red wine stains which just had to happen. Amazingly no breakages, which was very impressive considering the amount of alcohol that was consumed. It all ended at about 3:30 in the morning and we all laughed about it in the morning.

On an unrelated note, i got an interview letter for one of the jobs i applied for, and with a bit of luck i feel confident that i can get the job
I think i’ll be celebrating some more tonight *raises glass* cheers