BAR HAVOC: A LONG DECEMBER
As 2014 comes to a close I can’t help but feel optimistic. A fresh start is right around the corner, a new year filled with hope and promise. As the Counting Crows song says, “It’s been a long December, and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last.” Maybe next year I won’t wake up with so many hangovers. Maybe next year I can start writing that novel. Maybe next year I won’t get drunk and write “eat shit” on the tip line when my ex-boyfriend hands me my bar tab. (In my defense, I also left $20.)
New Year’s Eve I know I’ll spend New Year’s Eve right where I belong: behind the bar with a bottle opener in my back pocket and a martini shaker in my hand. There’s comfort in routine, and I like being sober as the new year starts, watching everyone else stumble into 2015 a blur of sequins, spilled champagne, and sloppy midnight kisses.
It’s been a long December and I’m grateful for so much; I love this life I’ve created. I am truly living in Never-Never-Land with a slew of Lost Boys and Girls. Through all the bar fights, piles of puke, shitty tips, brilliant tips, shitty customers, and wonderful regulars, I know that next year will most likely be exactly the same, so put on your fanciest beer goggles and get ready for another year of absolute bar havoc.
Lizzie Havoc
Bar Havoc, aka Lizzie Havoc, is a Boston-based writer, semi-professional female wrestler, and seasoned bartender. These are her tales.
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