After getting the Mac n Cheese done and last minute preparations yesterday, the birthday party started with our first couple of guests showing up at the intended time. After that, people trickled in for a couple hours. J and A (two very cool dudes) came in last, but not least. It was really great getting to see them again.

We had a total of 18 adults, 3 kiddos, and one behbeh.

It was chaotic, but fun!

An interesting thing happened where J, A, and C were playing a game, I was watching and enjoying the peace and quiet outside. At one point, someone had asked me about how things were going (don’t remember how it started, tbh). I mentioned group therapy (the weekly support one the BF and I attend), but without details (bc respecting BF’s privacy). Then Tiny Dancer (nickname) asked what the therapy was for, I hesitated and got out, “Well, I’m not going to talk about that.” And they asked, “Am I being too nosy?” J came to the rescue and said, “Yes. As the 3rd party here, you’re being nosy.” And C made a joke about [redacted] addiction that was actually… 100% accurate. I was very uncomfortable at that point, but grateful that they both were trying, in their own ways, to diffuse the situation. It sufficiently ended the inquiry and that was that.

Outside of that, everything else went swimmingly. It was really cool getting to see friends from the BF’s different circles meet up and have such a great time together, exchanging info and being super nerdy.

I had a couple drinks, not much (I don’t drink but once a year maybe), but got a headache pretty soon after and kinda floated around with that for the remainder of the party. The final guests left at 9:30p and we waited for Princess Fluffybutt to show up, so we could get her in the BF’s room and hope that Mars would show up – as he’d gone MIA for the entirety of party. He and his sister suffer from PTSD because of my father’s abuse (unfortunately). But, Mars ended up getting in bed with me not long after I laid down, so I was relieved. I did have to take him downstairs and give him his daily urinary treats (he could die if it gets too bad), before going back to bed.

All in all, the party was a great success and good times were had.

Today is our lazy day, so we’re gonna binge watch Demon Slayer, since the final movie comes out in 5 days and I REALLY want to see it. The BF wants to go with me, but hasn’t seen but a few of the beginning episodes, so… we’ll see how far we get before we go to the movie hehe.