Christmas Party

Tonight was the annual YL Christmas Party. This year it was held at a new location due to the much smaller size of our leadership this year. Instead of having it at a giant house this year we had it at the Lutow's. I know this is a side note here, but I have to talk for a second about the Lutows.

The Lutows are quickly becoming like a second family to me. They feed me as much if not more than my own family, they support me, they tell me when I am screwing up and love me anyways, and most of all they just care about me. It's just awesome to be cared for, and even more awesome when you are aware enough about what's going on to notice that you are cared for. So I just love them, Kolia, Liz, Kate and Julia are very close people to my heart. I don't do nearly enough to show or tell them that, but it's true all the same.

Anyways the party was at their house. It was as usual a good time, I mean imagine a bunch of people who love to hang out all cooped up together int he same house. Sounds like a recipe for success to me. The was general talking and eating and merriment the whole night with one huge big thing int he middle. The White Elephant gift exchange. This thing is awesome for real. It works by everyone bringing a wrapped gift and putting them all in a pile. Then everyone gets a number from 1 to however many people brought a gift. Then you sit around and one by one pick presents from the pile or steal one from someone else. In the case of stealing the person who got robbed gets to have the choice of stealing or picking from the pile and it goes on like that till all the gifts are gone. Obviously its better to have one of the last spots because you get to see most of the gifts and pick the one that you really want. I ended up with a sweet DVD the Patriot with Mel Gibson which I am really happy with. The best gift was a Best Buy gift card for $25 which Leah ended up with meaning basically Team Mt. Healthy dominated the White Elephant Gift Exchange. I also got to see some people that I love and don't commonly get to see, mainly Stevie! She's a fantastic lady. So all in all it was a good experience and I am glad I went.