Just thought I would plant a bug in all of your ears about this. We need to decide if we want to do another Christmas style meetup this year...such as a gift exchange. Jess & I are all for the idea, however, this time we need to REALLY evaluate who can actually show up/participate. Not trying to be rude or slap around the holiday spirit, but last year, we had a couple that were left out because of no-shows. Thankfully, I think I was the only one & honestly, seeing all of you guys excited, happy, & having fun was enough for me...but it could have been somebody else & there is no need to risk hurting somebody's feelings.
So on that note, I would like to suggest a couple December dates to plan this meetup & we can kinda vote on it. Because of how the holidays fall this year(Christmas Eve on a Friday & New Years Eve on a Friday), it would probably be more considerate to everyones families to plan on doing this on either the 10th or 17th. However, being as the nature of this meetup is slightly different than usual, we could also take a couple Saturdays(11th & 18th) into consideration if that will help increase the number of you that can make it. Personally, I would like to push for the weekend of the 17th as it is closer to Christmas & also allows more time for everyone to shop. I think that a $20 or $30 limit again this year would be more than ok.
For those of you who haven't seen it yet, we do have a page for the group on FB now. I am also experimenting with a voting app & you guys get to be my guinea pigs for it. I am going to post up a couple polls regarding this meetup...one to determine what date works best for you guys, & another to determine whether or not you would like a $20 or $30 spending limit for the gift exchange. Once things are set in stone, I will send out an event invitation to everyone in the group & your responses will determine who will get to participate in the exchange. Please answer attending or not attending for this particular event & do so with 100% certaintly. As always, if you have any questions, text/e-mail/PM/FB me & I will do my best to answer in a timely fashion.
Also, nothing is set in stone yet & I will not be planning this as a group meetup...my B-day is on the 23rd of December & I am planning to go bowling with friends. You guys are of course welcome to come(as you are my friends
) & hang out. There will be a few friends that are my age & older taking me & I will more than likely be enjoying a few beers...that means I will not be driving & cannot help with rides as well as pointing out that your parents need to be comfortable with the 21+ aspect of it. Now this isn't a bar & I don't tend to drink to get stupid in a public/family place so the only worry is if they are ok with you just being around the act of drinking. Gotta pay respect where respect is due!
tl;dr: We aren't illiterate people in this group...stop being lazy & spend the 2 minutes to read it!
& just to leave you with a disturbing image in your mind the rest of the day...