The Christmas holiday has come and pass, and Americans are on to the next big one, New Year’s Eve. For some, it is better than Christmas, for others it is a good excuse to drink the night away. For me, I will be spending my second year working on the holiday.

They say the show must go on, and at my job it does. I work at restaurant, and for anyone who has worked at a restaurant you know there is no such thing as a holiday, and New Year’s is no exception. I have to say working on New Year’s is a very interesting experience.

First of all, EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER IS THERE. You would think that people have better things to do then go to get food on New Year’s but you’d be wrong. It is usually busy all day long, which I would rather have then it be dead. When it’s busy at least the day goes by pretty fast so I can be thankful for that.

The restaurant I work had also happens to have a theme park attached so there always is a New Year’s Eve party. This will be the second year that I will be working on the holiday, and I have to say for what it’s worth it’s not that bad. If I had to work, I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else. But still having to work, and watch the ball drop kind of stinks.

From my experience going into 2016, the party was not bad at all. There was streamers and balloons and noisemakers and honestly, it was a good time. There was a lot of happy people, and I was a part of making them happy. Throughout the night everyone was smiling and happy, and actually thanking me for helping them (which is a rarity). The kids were really not screaming and the adults were actually calm, so for me I can chalk that one up to a win.

I am really hoping that this year is very much like last year. I hope they have the big party. I hope that everyone is happy, and I hope that everything goes smooth, because that is about all I can ask for at this point. Also or the sake of my sanity, I really hope it is busy so that it is a nice quick shift.

As long all is well, life is good.