Idaho for New Year's Eve

I love Boise. And I love Wade.
Combining them and visiting for New Year's Eve was a great idea.

I flew to Idaho on New Year's Eve (Roland drove me to the airport). I arrived in the late afternoon/early evening. Wade and Bo picked me up and we went to Sam's house to drop off my things. We then met up with Rachael and Tiffany and went to the airport to pick up Chris. That went well ("Is that him?" "No, that guy is far too clean shaven" turns out it was him). Then Chris forgot his luggage, then he found out that the airport lost his luggage, it was in Oakland. Anyway. We went to WinCo and got sandwich and salsa stuff, made sandwiches (and salsa), played L4D (wheeeee), and then went to the party at Kyle's house. There were a lot of people there that I didn't know. Wade was the bartender (mocktails), I had made a playlist, and Adrian cooked delicious mexican food. There was a foosball tournament, but only the first round was played (my team won our first round 5-0, I scored the first and last points). At midnight the ball dropped, people kissed (including me), poppers popped, cheering, Wade gave a toast, it was lovely. That was a fun night.

The next few days were spent in Adrian's apartment playing video games and chatting. Catching up with everyone. We went to My Fair Lady, a traveling show that our friend Daniel was in (he played Freddy). They did an excellent job. Afterwards we went to Applebees for half-priced apps and Daniel amused us all with stories of being an actor on the road. We went to Daniel's hotel room and met some more cast members. I fell asleep (so did Chris and Bo) but it was fun. Rachael and Tiffany stayed the night with me and we all shared a tiny couch-pull out bed. We were nice and cozy. And apparently everytime Rachael put the blankets over me I said thank you. So I get politeness points for being grateful in my sleep.

One night Rachael and I made pasta for the crew. It was really tasty. One night I made sliders and brownies for everyone and we watched Hannibal. It was a good thing that we ate before the movie. Ew. We also went to the Boise Co-op, where they sell irony. I love the co-op, but Wade, Bo, and Chris just made fun of everything the whole time. It was hilarious and I laughed almost until I cried.

We went to the mall one day and saw Adrian. I got cheese curds from A&W and dipped them in fry sauce <3 loooove. Also, Chris and I beat Wade and Roland in Words With Friends before mine stopped working.

We went to Wahooz! Formerly known as Boondocks and played laser tag and raced gokarts and played arcade games. That was incredibly fun. The first time we did go karts I passed like 8 people, but also my car got turned around for awhile because I was t-boned, so that was unfortunate. But I still did really well and didn't get passed at all except for when I was turned around. The second time, I started in seventh place and ended first. I was burning rubber all over that track (and Chris ended third or so). HA. I did terrible at laser tag, but it was fun anyway. Also, Chris and I beat the Jurassic Park arcade game. It was so much fun. And we played this jungle game that gave us a compatibility rating at the end. We got 76% "Lovers as far as appearance" HAHAHA. I laughed so hard about that. Later that night Adrian made us stroganoff and we played Apples to Apples. That was incredibly fun. Some of the rounds were hilarious, but some were lame. Chris got the best round. His word was feminine. There were a lot of funny cards (a lot of inappropriate cards also, haha). In the end "women" won, but it was closely followed by rubber gloves and friction.

I can't remember what else we did, but I had a lot of fun. I'm glad I got to go and see Chris, Bo, Daniel, Rachael, Tiffany, Sam, Kyle, Adrian, Eric, and, of course, Wade. I'm really grateful that Sam and Kyle let me stay at their place (and all I had to do was feed the fish).

The next yearly visit is just around the corner. ;)

Chanda C.