If the first few days of this year are any indication of how my year will look, I am both excited and afraid of what 2016 has in store for me. To say the least, 2016 has commenced with a crazy turn of events.

I must say that I was hesitant about recounting my NYE and New Year's Day experience on here but I honestly feel like I would be holding out if I didn't. A lot has happened so this will be a two part blog post.
For privacy purposes the names of those involved have been altered.
Now, brace yourselves, y'all, this story might sound just a bit too crazy to be true and it might even get a little confusing but try to stay with me.

I didn't plan on doing anything special for New Years Eve, no parties, no people, just me. I honestly just wanted to be at home, washing my hair, exfoliating my skin and rubbing coconut oil all over my body, life, and essentially 2016. ( can you tell how much I love coconut oil?)
Although I wanted to spend some quality time with myself, a small part of me didn't want to bring another New Year in alone and in the house.
I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do but I did know that whatever I ended up doing , it would be much better than last year's NYE experience. On December 31st of last year,  I was in a terrible car wreck and brought the New Year in with a banged up car, stitches in my top lip, and a chipped tooth. Needless to say, New Year's Eve 2014 was a bust.

After talking to one of my good friends, (for privacy purposes I'll call her Tee) I was persuaded to bring in the New Year with her at her home. It wasn't going to be anything too crazy, just good food,  good drank, and some good company.
So that's what we did,   Tee and I  brought the New Year in drinking wine coolers and eating.

Now, just to give you some backstory, I met Tee almost two years ago. She was a childhood friend of my  most recent ex boyfriend.(we'll came him Taurus) He introduced me to her and we formed our own bond. I absolutely love her!

Now back to NYE:

Now Tee and I didn't plan on doing anything special but we were open to whatever came up if we got too bored. My cousin Surah, who is also friends with Tee,  invited us to a party that she was attending, so we had options.  Tee's teenage cousin was at her house and needed a ride to a party , so since we had to leave the house anyway, we decided to take Surah up on her offer and stop by the party. Just as we were leaving Tee's house, she received a phone call . It was Taurus's niece calling ( we'll call her Dee Dee),  "I'm pulling up to your house! My friend and I are trying to hang with you tonight!"
I keep it cool but in my head I'm like...

Now if you've read my most previous post, you'd know that I love Taurus's family!  I actually have spent some time with Dee Dee and I'd like to think that her and I are cool. We've talked on numerous occasions since her uncle and I have broken up but I hadn't seen her since before the break up and I was unsure how it would make me feel to be around her.

At any rate, although it was a little ironic that I was hanging out with both Taurus's childhood friend and his niece, I was prepared to enter the new year without this man in my heart or on my brain! Plus, me being a little tipsy made "F*ck It!" my personal mantra of the night.

So we drop lil cuz off and head to the party, with Taurus's niece and her friend  in tow.
On the way there I get a text from my cousin saying, "Aries's girlfriend  is a mess, she's tacky af!"

Want some more backstory? Aries is the only other ex-boyfriend I have mentioned on this blog. Our breakup is actually what inspired me to start this blog, and if you've been reading,  he is the same ex from my blog post, What Is Life?

So back to NYE:
Now if Surah had been looking at a picture of my ex and his current boo, a screenshot definitely would've accompanied her text. Since it had not, I knew for a fact that Surah was witnessing this "tacky" girlfriend in the flesh; and since we were headed to that same party, I knew I soon would be too. Imagine the feeling of  dread; going to a social gathering and being in the presence of not only my ex boyfriend but his current girlfriend. The shit was just too damn dramatic and cinematic for me but all the Mike's Hard Lemonade in my system had me feeling too right, so I said, "F*ck It!" and we went to the party.

Believe it or not, I am such an awkward turtle. I can be outspoken and lively when comfortable but I am quiet and to myself in awkward situations such as these. So upon entering the party I went straight to the bathroom, where my cousin and all her friends followed. From there it got real loud and real messy. As you can imagine the conversation was about Aries and his girlfriend.
Once my intoxicated ears had had enough of the messy girl talk,  I decided to put on my big girl pants and head to the party. "Be quiet, be chill, and keep it cute" is what I told myself.
As soon as I walked out of the bathroom door my ex was standing there. "Y'all having a meeting in there?" he says.
Now, at this point I imagine that I looked like a drunker version of Nick Young.

Part of me was wondering what the hell he was doing standing right outside the damn bathroom, the other part of me was too drunk to try to figure it out. "Hey!" I said with a smile as I  kept it the f*ck moving! No time for conversation, I was way too gone for that.

The night continued with me trying to enjoy the party and avoid my ex. I grabbed me some punch, cause I didn't  want to be even a little sober. After I finished my punch, I started to loosen up and enjoy myself enough to start dancing. As I'm dancing, I make intense eye contact with this guy standing on the wall. He had to be between 5'11 and 6'1, he was a handsome brown skinned guy with a nice face and nice a lil style to him. He said something to me over the music but I didn't hear him. Normally I wouldn't entertain it but I was lit enough to walk over to him and attempt to talk. Before we could even get a conversation going, my ex,  Aries, waltzes over and posts up on the wall next to him.He does the classic Club Bouncer/ Security guard pose.

Imagine my confusion, surprise and embarrassment. I could not believe it. In my head I'm like
But I kept it cute and walked toward my nosey ass cousin and by the look on her face , I knew she had seen the whole thing. We shared a glance, dropped our necks in unison
and exchanged eye rolls at Aries's behavior, I knew we would be talking about it later. Thankfully, the party was winding down and people were heading out, we decided to leave too.

At the end of the night I thought about how crazy that situation was. What was supposed to be a super chill NYE ended up being somewhat of a shit show for me. In one night, I  had attended a party with one ex's niece, where another ex and his current girlfriend just so happened to be. I was ready to roll the damn credits on this movie!  I was so happy to see Tee's couch at the end of the night,  I was  way too drunk to drive home. I was anxious to sober up and really think about the night's situation and just hash it out with my girls. Tee had already invited me over for a New Year's day dinner so I looked forward to that time to talk to her about all the craziness. Little did I know, NYE was only the precursor to the craziness that would ensue on New Years Day.

Stay Tuned for Part II.