Happy New Year's?

Good evening to all of you that didn't drag yourselves out into the chaos that is New Year's Eve.  Why do people put a stigma on this night that there is a requirement to go out and drink more than their livers can handle?  I guess I'm one of those boring people who want to stay out of trouble and stay safe and spent the evening warm and happily not celebrating.  My husband and I had food delivered, we watched a movie, and played Monopoly. I kicked his ass.  Now at midnight, he said Happy New Year and duly fell asleep.  It was funny. 

Two years ago, we were in Disneyland for New Years.  We did so for our Honeymoon and our Anniversary.  That was fun.  Pretty safe, cold, but fun.  Otherwise, I'm sorry to say that most of my New Year's Eve have been spent lounging, staying safe....bored. 

But is being bored the best way to go.  Should you always have stories about one New Year's Eve....Why not choose any weekend and go out with friends and have fun.  Why just this night must it be so blown up? It's like Valentine's Day.  Why not have your husband/significant other take you somewhere special any other night of the year? Why just that day? 

I do have that one New Year's Eve that I will take to the grave as the best New Year's Eve ever.  I've told who I need to tell all about that night and if I never have another New Year's Eve quite like it, that would be ok because it was fantabulous. 

I think I'd rather take this night as a time to think of 2009 and all the good and bad and what I can do to make 2010 shine.  You never know how many more of these evenings there will be left.

I hope those who are out there making a mess of themselves find their way home safely. 
M