70,000 reasons to celebrate

I promised myself I'd get the novel up to 70,000 words before I stopped for Christmas, and I did.
So last night I went out with my friends to celebrate. We found a new restaurant in town that was very good, and stayed until about midnight.

This morning I feel a bit rough, but I made a rum cake, mostly as an excuse to put the candles on. If I don't pat mysaelf on hte back, who will?