BUNKO/BUNCO...

...either way you spell it, it's loads of fun! my sis and i have talked about starting this "bunko" club for approximately a year and a half. well, about a month ago, i decided to avoid some work at school and send out an email to some people to see if anyone was interested in starting a group. well, what do ya know... they were! there are 6 couples that were "drafted" from the long list of applicants. ha ha! last night was our first meeting. we hosted it at our house, which was fun, however, i turn into a panic-stricken psycho the hour before people arrive and i realize that it will be virtually impossible for me to be ready on time. it doesn't matter how "prepared" i think i am, there are always these lingering things that have to get done. the whole food prep kinda freaks me out, too. since i spent the first 26 years of my life afraid of the kitchen, i'm still a novice when it comes to making certain things. oh well, live and learn. anyway, we had a fantastic time! we ate, played two rounds, ate again, played two more rounds, and ate again. people stayed until midnight-- that is like 3 hours past most of our bedtimes. i think people had more fun than they expected! what a relief... i was kinda stressed that it would be mediocre fun with some odd pauses in between, but to my utter relief, it was more fun than i had imagined. we all brought our planners and set up a march date. sweet! twenty years down the road, when i'm (gulp)49, maybe we'll still be doing this. hey, it could happen.