Christmas Parties
For lunch I got to see my old boss. Or was he my boss’s boss. Then he was my co-worker for a while. Now he’s a manager again, but somewhere else within the company. Anyhow things are doing good with him and another friend that I hadn’t seen in a while.
My manager and I had lunch with them at a Thai restaurant. We got lost on the way, but we found the place quick enough. I didn’t know what I was ordering so I made a bold move and choose things that didn’t have any English words at all. I got a nice soup with chicken and mushrooms. It was spicy but not hot. I also got a plate of … stuff. It was good too but I’m still unsure of what I ate.
Later today was another Christmas party at work. Yesterday the building management people held a party in the lobby for all of the tenants. Today my company had its own party.
The 10th floor isn’t as mysterious as it was during last years Christmas party. One thing that I noticed rite away is that everyone appears to be middle aged or higher. I felt so young just walking around up there.
Much of the same selection that was at yesterdays party was there today. I joked with a co-worker that it must have been left overs. The food was pretty good. We had few people catering to us. There was fruit, crackers, meat on a stick, lots of plates of cakes, brownies, cookies chopped up in little pieces in different parts of the office. My favorite snack is the chocolate covered strawberries and mini eclairs.
I went to the back and choose to have a bottle of Heineken. I had a choice between a few types of wine and champagne. I have no clue when it comes to that kind of stuff. All I know is beer - and the beer of choice is Heineken. I didn’t have a place to set my drink so I gulped it down pretty quick so I could start eating my food.
I didn’t get too light headed. I stayed a few hours after work and left four hours after the party just to be safe. I had some work that I really needed to get done anyway.