Well, things went as well as could have been expected.  I invited two separate factions of my group of friends, hoping there would be a lively, comfortable meshing of personalities, and there was.  We had a delicious dinner (if I do say so myself) hilarious conversation, and it gave me a reason to clear out the stack of recycling that had piled up in one corner of my kitchen for months.  A good night, all in all.  As far as food goes, I definitely could have been better, but it was by no means a disaster.  I had a very busy day today before my lengthy and strenuous dinner party preparations (debearding mussels, deveining prawns, roasting pine nuts, making bruscetta etc.) and did not eat very much, so I was SUPER hungry by the time dinner was ready.  I was able to keep the portions under control.  So. . . food breakdown: morning and afternoon I ate a banana, a slice of low-fat swiss, a tomato.  Dinner: small helping of salad, medium serving of pasta, six mussels, five clams, two prawns, 1 slice white baguette, small serving of very cheesy green beans (about five beans- those were the only disappointing part of the meal; did not turn out too well).  I also, unfortunately, ate about five squares of dark chocolate that someone brought- I didn’t end up making the bananas foster.  Could have been worse.  No exercise today except walking dogs (about two miles) and generally running around hectically all day.  Hard workout, healthy three meals tomorrow.