Imperfect. Another glass of wine anyone?

February 13, 2011

Wow.  Had such a great night at work.  All our guests are absolutely lovely.  There was the honeymoon couple from Perth, Australia; the older couple from Belgium; the gay couple from Sydney; the family from Connecticut and Washington DC; the Aussie with his Dutch wife and her Dutch sister and brother-in-law; and the woman from Portugal!  Talk about a multi-cultural group!

All these guests showed up to my wine hosting.  People gelled in ways I would not have guessed!  One of the men from Sydney had grown up in Africa and lived in the UK.  He and the honeymoon couple and the Belgian couple, and the woman from Portugal talked up a storm.  I kind of went a little crazy and let everyone have seconds on the wine.  I figured that if Chris found out I’d just offer to pay for two of the bottles of wine.  Whatever!  They were all having such a great time and I didn’t want to ruin it!  Every time I tell people they have to pay for the second glass I put a real damper on the whole thing!

I think this was a result of my decision to live imperfectly.  In the past I’ve made the decision to not live perfectly, but it has never lasted.  I always strive for perfection.  So I decided I would go to the extreme--at least for a little while--and try and live imperfectly.  So tonight I broke the one-glass-of-wine-per-guest rule.  I’m actually really happy about it.  I think it was a good decision even if it wasn’t the perfect decision.  

So yeah.  Here’s to being imperfect!