an actual party - for once

So yesterday my friend Ida had a party in honor of her friend Gabbi who came on a short visit. I wasn't sure what to expect of the party, how many people would actually show up and what kinds of people it would be. Turns out it was a fabulous party. A good mix of people, as it should be. Some of my friends, some of her friends. And one of my co-workers.

He was kind of accidentally invited. He just moved here last Sunday, thus I've worked with him for five days only. He's just here for two months, then he'll go back to Slovenia (oh yeah, I work at the Embassy of Slovenia..), so it's not like he's going to make any friends of his own while he's here. Anyway, so he asked me if there were any particular places in Stockholm that I think he should see, and if there are any good clubs around here. I thought that I can't let him go to a club all by himself, so I invited him to come along to the party. Although he did hesitate for a while, and even felt uncomfortable taking my number (did he think I was asking him out or something??) he did show up at the party.

Luckily it wasn't as awkward as I had anticipated. Him and I were perfectly comfortable around each other, and the other people at the party were all very nice and open and made him feel very welcome. A girl even went through the Swedish candy bowl with him, teaching him what he should and shouldn't eat. I appreciate relaxed people like that, who don't just stick to their own little crew and ignore everyone else. And I'm glad I didn't have to babysit him all night.

Instead I had time to play some charades with some of the other Swedes. It was awesome, I haven't done that in so many years. We all wrote down proverbs that we then had to act out, some of them were definitely harder than others, but it was more fun than just random sentences.

I'm glad I didn't go out after the party, though, and today I woke up feeling if not fine, then pretty damn close. Spent all day cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping and cooking. And of course watching the SATC movie. I also made some fruitless attempts to write a paper, but laziness got the better of me... As it always does.