New Year's Eve-Eve 2009

Every New Year's Eve-Eve, since I was born, or since I can remember, my family has always designated that night as Monopoly family night; I guess so that my parents could spend New Year's Eve the way they wanted to. This year was no different. We were suppose to have it at my sister's Melissa's house this year, but because of the weather, we had to stay home. But come rain or shine, we play Monopoly. This year, my mom happened to get a Monopoly game with a trophy in it. So it was important to win. I ended up having a few properties, Derek and my dad had the most, and Jon, who usually wins, ended up with NO properties! When all the properties are sold, my mom wants it to be even, and get over quickly, because sometimes these games have lasted way into the night, or morning, whichever way you want to look at it. So everyone ended up with some kind of a Monopoly. But Jon, I'm sorry to say, got out first. Then Jon came over and helped me with my money. He set me up good to win. Derek and Dad were determined to kill each other off, and so I sat quietly in the back ground. In the end, it was between my mom, Derek and me. Then Mom died a slow money death. She had loads of money, but hardly any properties. Derek had a lot of properties. But so did I. When I would shake the dice I would luckily pass by his properties, but when he shook the dice, he would land on mine. I was so lucky! Derek started to see that he was dieing a slow death, and his wife, Katie was getting tired because it was so late, so Derek sadly gave up (because his money was disappearing). So here I am with my trophy! I am so proud after all!