I didn't know that midnight had struck.
I was working, and standing by the kitchen waiting for plates to be served.
All of a sudden the music was turned up, and a woman at a table within my view stood up and started dancing. She then reached for everyone around her table and kissed each one. I thought it was someone's birthday.
I turned back to la cuisine and everyone was hugging. Then I heard someone say bonne année.
The only thought running through my mind at that moment was of all the people who had been counting down to this moment for the past 60 seconds. I almost shed a tear of joy. Before I could though, a fellow waiter spun me around to kiss and hug me what a new years hug and kiss should be.
And so I rang in the new year with a smile.
Instead of a tear.
Even if it was a tear of joy...
Happy 2009 Paris. Thank you for letting me get this far. :)
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