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An Unexpected Party

May 11, 2007 · Print This Article

After resolving last week, after the wedding, that I didn’t want to see a drop of alcohol for another year…I was reminded yesterday morning that it was my turn that evening to host the quarterly AMNSA club meeting….AMNSA, standing for ‘Alcoholic Moms Not So Anonymous’, HeHeHe! is made up of a group of moms who don’t/cant get out much. So, every quarter, we get our crisps/potato chips, a bottle of top end spirits and go to the home of whoever is hosting this un-missable quarterly event, to drown the shots and laugh about our dull lives. By rotating the venue we all get to join in on the fun.

Well, apart from the smoke coming out my ears…again…it was a reasonably low key event. I chucked down 3 Sambuca shots and 2 glasses of stones and ‘Zero’ coke (my favourite low calorie poison). We chomped on corn chips, listened to Temptation Island soundtrack…the only ‘party’ type cd I currently own, and laughed so hard talking about our respective partners or X partners in my case and their antics…’who needs them’ was the ever present theme.

It was a good night and ended quite early which was even better…But the best thing is, knowing that I was going to be ‘invaded’ by a possy of desperate ‘alcohol infused’ house moms, I actually had the motivation I needed to clean the house….it had been awhile. Alone, with two kids, sometimes it’s hard just to get off your arse and clean especially when you know that 5 min later it will just be messy again as the kids play and be ‘kids’. But yesterday…I did it. I can’t tell you how nice it is to be walking around a clean, dust/cobweb free and nice smelling sanctuary…no more hidden dirty nappies under my bed….I was wondering what that ‘quirky’ smell was in my bedroom.

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4 Responses to “An Unexpected Party”

  1. Joanne on May 11th, 2007 4:13 pm

    Sounds like fun…can I join? perhaps the next event could be in Albany, Minnesota.

  2. Flabuless on May 11th, 2007 4:37 pm

    hahaha! You are VERY welcome… although I take no responsibility for the consequences thereof. We have a formal rotation so it will probably be August 2008 before its your turn! You can always fly here for the next one in August and see what you think…you might not be so keen after experiencing one for yourself…we can get pretty wild…last nights event was mild compared to some of the others I have had the joy/horror of experiencing.
    :)

  3. kellypea on May 16th, 2007 11:00 pm

    Sounds like great fun. I get together with friends, but the husbands are usually there. And they’re okay, too, but it’s just not the same as when the girls are together. And I’m the same way with the house. It’s so nice the next day to see it so clean…Ahhhhh….

  4. Flabuless on May 17th, 2007 6:06 am

    Naw…kick out the MEN I say…the Girls just wanna have fun!!! hehehe. Oh the joys of a clean house…I have managed to keep it that way for 6 days now…what an achievement! and it feels so good. hehehe. Didn’t know what I was missing…But you wont see me turn into a clean freak…as long as it is tidy and I cant ’see’ the dirt on first glance it is aok with me.

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