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New Year's Eve 2014


We rotate our NYE food, fun, and fanfare. Some years we do pizza. Some years we go out to eat. Some years we make food. This year we made food with an Asian flair. The photo features teriyaki beef, chicken curry, and rice. There are also some lil' smokies sausages because I associate them with New Years'. We rented a movie and watched it since it is hard to do too much with small children. 

Tomorrow, we are going to a new Year's Day party with some people Brian and I had a class with over the summer. One of the curiosities about this university is that there is a lot of social drinking at all levels, not just the crazy undergrads. For instance, at the end of this semester, my professor took our class to a bar and paid for drinks during the time we would have had class. We also went to a party for my new supervisor at her house and they had to look around for several minutes to find water for us. While we were drinking it, about seven people tried to take it and get us to upgrade to something alcoholic. They were incredulous that we would not want to take advantage of an open bar. 

So whenever we go to parties we have to vet whether we can bring Hannah and whether it will be the kind of place you can go to if other people are drinking alcohol and we aren't. Tomorrow's party is with a bunch of other non-drinkers, so all will be well. 

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The Short Family said…
So one time, when Jack was about 18 months old, we went out with Cody's TA group for dinner at an Irish pub. We didn't even think about it being a pub and walked in with our baby. The greeter at the door made sure we weren't planning on sitting right at the bar with him. They almost kicked us out. Then as we sat with the group, I was struggling to keep the toddler on my lap contented and Jack reached over and spilled Cody's professor's beer all over the table. Good times. :)

We also get fun looks whenever one of Cody's group graduates with a PhD. His professor always throws a party for the person and they toast at the end with champagne. She makes a point to get us water or juice and tries to not make a big deal about us drinking something different but it is super awkward.

Life outside BYU is interesting, especially when your have kids.
January 3, 2014 at 10:39 AM
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