December 30:
Mama and zio goes to Vallunga with tita Glo and zio Vincenzo. I am left alone at home thinking, "an afternoon and an entire night alone. What do I do?" I was ready to bet I'd fall into a semi-depressed state with all that time alone, knowing how my thoughts could wander especially with what happened recently, and considering the time of the year. I decide to do some school work, so I log in to the internet to do some research. I log in to msn too, and after a second Daniele sends me a message:
Him: with who are you going to tomorrow?
Me: with Chiara, I think. you?
Him: with her.
At this point I think, "wasn't there room for only one person at Simone's (Chiara's boyfriend) car? If Daniele's going with them, that means there's no room for me anymore". Half-worried I call Chiara and I find out that two people aren't coming with us anymore to celebrate New Year at Fabrizio's house in Torvajanica. She tells me she was gonna go out to buy the ingredients for the Lasagna and Tiramisù, and that she was gonna start preparing the Tiramisù that afternoon. I volunteer to help her, Daniele finds out that I was gonna go to her place, and he volunteers to help too. So I spent that afternoon with Chiara, Simone and Daniele making Tiramisù. We alternated working with the electric mixer, and once the cream was made we ended up doing an improvised contest on who'd make perfect layers of biscuits and cream, with Daniele assuming the role of the clean freak. He was there, ready to clean every drop that fell either on the table, or on the floor. hahaha. We filled 5 alluminum containers of Tiramisù. 30 servings.
I arrive home around 9:30 pm, make myself a quick dinner, check my email and watch some TV. I search my closet for something to wear, but after a while I decide I didn't have anything to wear, so:

December 31:
Morning:
I go from store to store looking for something elegant and not very flashy. I find a nice silver halter top, and I combine it with a black bolero that I found in another store. With a pair of black jeans and closed high heels, the ensemble was perfect.
5 pm:
I leave the house and go to Chiara's house. We leave for Torvajnica around 6:30 and with some difficulty, we arrive at Fabrizio's house around 8pm. Everyone else was there already.

Dinner could have been better, but it was decent. Lasagna, Pasta with tuna, sausages and potatoes, and Tiramisù. There was beer too, and wine. Federica got tipsy almost immediately. Simone too. Certain jokes and punchlines aren't worth writing. haha. After several glasses of beer I myself start to become extra cheerful. Midnight and fireworks saved me. A few minutes before midnight we all go out with a cup each and two bottles of champagne. The boys had fireworks too. At precisely twelve midnight, with the fireworks and cold wind as background, we toast to 2008 and send to hell 2007 (at least me and Federica, screaming on the top of our lungs: "vaffanculoooooooooo!!" - "fuck you" in english). I gotta say that that scream was very much deeply felt in that moment. But now that I think of it, and without the influence of alcohol, I'm convinced 2007 doesn't deserve to be thrown amidst the worst trash in my life. There were definitely good times. Memories were made. And I'm learning to rekindle them without resentments. It's not my nature to remain angry and after while you just stop thinking of how terrible things ended.

Anyway, we go back inside the house and I was feeling as if I haven't drank even a drop of alcohol thanks to the breath of fresh air outside. Davide puts on some house music, we move the tables and chairs, dim the lights, and start dancing in our improvised disco. We dance our hearts out until around 3am. We mess around for another couple of hours and the people start to settle themselves on matresses, pillows and sofas. You'd think we slept after a while. Hell no! Everyone was still hyped and morning came that we were still laughing and conversing about the worst nonsense in this world.

January 1:
I get back home late in the morning. After a bite of Pandoro and a cup of milk I feel I'm not sleepy anymore so I decide to watch a dvd. But I was wrong to think I wasn't sleepy anymore coz after a couple of minutes in front of the television, I feel my eyelids heavy and off I go, to dreamland...

Summing it all up, it was a fun new year. I had fun, I didn't overdo and I remember! haha.