Okay, so bear with me…this is not exactly the follow up to yesterday’s post, and don’t worry, I am not going to post any spoilers, but I thought this was worth mentioning.
For the past four episodes of Game of Thrones, I have been hosting watch parties at my house. The first one was just me and another friend…that was episode 2, season 8, and I have never been so glad to not watch GOT alone before. I could not have handled that shit by myself.
The following weekend, we were joined by another friend of mine who also didn’t want to watch alone. And yesterday, we were joined by yet another friend of mine, bringing it to a grand total of 4, which for some people might not constitute a party, but for me it’s a houseful.
Aside from the fact that I probably have PTSD from last nights episode, there are some real bonuses to having friends over that I never thought of before. First of all, you have someone to commiserate with when something is horrifying, bullshit, or just too funny not to make a joke about…in other words, every three seconds. Second of all, you have someone to grab when you get really wound up. (Thanks Alicia. Sorry about the bruises you’ll probably have on your arm today).
Third, though, is that, when you know you have people coming over, you WILL find the energy to get your ass up and do the dishes, sweep the floor. You might not think you can do it, but the closer it gets to time for people to arrive, the more motivation you find yourself having. So I am all but guaranteed a Monday morning in a clean house if I have friends over Sunday night. That part is pretty great.
Especially since I need that time to search Twitter, Facebook, and various other internet sources for their opinion about last nights show. I was a super late-comer to the GOT craze, and this is the first time in my life I’ve ever watched a popular show with the rest of the world. I am enjoying the hell out of it.
Many fans are not digging the way this season is unfolding, but I am willing to let it be what it is…an amazing, unpredictable story. It’s kept us off balance from the get-go, and it continues to do so. I. Love. It. While also dreading and hating it. Which is why it’s so amazing!
In just one week, it will be over, and I will have to find a new motivation for waking up in a clean house on Monday mornings. But for now, it’s been nice to add this new layer of socialization to my life. I’m grateful for the company.
Now, if only I could talk my friends into staying over…it’s hard to be alone after the show ends. LOL!
After The Party 
I read in an organizing book the nest way to have a clean house is to have weekly get togethers…..I know that has nothing to do with GOT, but you know….
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That book was not wrong!
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We were late to the GoT party, too. It was one of those things, over the years, I stayed away from because I knew I’d enjoy it but didn’t want to spend that many hours of my time away from writing. Then last year my wife started binge-watching the early episodes. Tried to stay away. Failed.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that sales of the books will go through the roof after the TV show ends, because so many people want to find out what REALLY happens, rather than what the script-writers did to it.
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So the last series isn’t a patch on the previous. Unfortunately the vastness there was with all the threads are reduced to essentially the two battles and they seem to be knocking off characters just to avoid any further questions. I still can’t wait for Monday (we get it a day late in the UK) however to see the final result.
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