Thanks everyone. I'll be sure to have my husband watch those.

Update: I'm actually feeling better today than I thought I would. Yesterday, I met a friend for lunch who was coming in from out of town for the party. After lunch, she helped me get the last minute work done to get everything ready. I let her do all the thinking and I just did what she said... we got a lot done, but I didn't get as tired because I wasn't having to work my brain quite so much.

The party went well; all of the people I am most comfortable with and closest to ended up being the ones who showed up.... so I wasn't under any kind of pressure to be a "good hostess." We sat around all night and talked about whatever came to mind, ate good food, and just enjoyed each other's company. When those who were not staying the night left, and the ones who were left saw me get up to put food away, they all sprang into action and did their part. We had the entire table's worth of leftovers put away in about ten minutes. Then, we all went straight to bed.

Today, I got to sleep in, since no one needed to leave before 10:30. After enjoying some leftovers for breakfast and thanking everyone for coming as they left, my husband and I enjoyed a nice, long, nap. I slept for about three hours, then got up and lounged around the house for a little while before taking a bubble bath and another nap lol. Now I've just finished dinner and will probably be going to bed soon.

Yes, I'm tired... but the good news is, no headache, no nausea... no real back sliding like I was worried would happen.

Oh, and on the "cleaning up" front... since everyone helped me put the food away last night, all that was left of the cleanup this morning was dishes, and there wasn't much of that to do because we used a lot of paper plates, plastic cups, etc... so all we had to wash were a few champagne flutes and platters, and my husband actually took care of that. I'll have some bedding to wash since some spent the night, but that's not a big deal. Everything else is still pretty much clean.

I definitely lucked out. Things could have been a lot worse. I get to relax again tomorrow too... I might go get my nails done, but other than that I have made sure that I have nowhere to be tomorrow so that I can do as little as possible.

Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks for your support!