Three parties down ...

[fauxklore]

... and two to go.

Two work parties were painless, except to the wallet ($40 for one, $15 for the other). The one at my condo complex tonight was particularly painless since it was free. As an added bonus, one of my neighbors was wearing a kilt. (And he has the legs for it.)

Tomorrow, there's yet another work party. This is technically our quarterly birthday party and I'm actually a little peeved that we seem to have moved to doing these things as potlucks instead of ordering in pizza. I don't mind cooking so much, but about half of us (myself included) take public transportation, so it's a bit of a pain. In this case, I baked my notorious chocolate rum cheesecake. We are also doing a gift exchange, which always has potential to be amusing.

I have another potluck party over at my company on Thursday, for which I said I'd bake bread.

Can we please slow down the rotation of the earth? (Well, yes, I know it is slowing, but I need more than this year's leap second to get everything done.)

Comments

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

We have our dept. party on Tuesday, and Zane's on Thursday. I figure I should attend Zane's -- he's new, and this is how he can get to know folks.

[fauxklore]

Three of those work parties had to do with subsets of my government group. I skipped out on the East Coast Circle-A bash, which they do at the Westfields Marriott, as I had a storytelling event to go to the same evening.

So the Rosslyn pot-luck on Thursday is the only Circle-A party I'll go to. It's usually interesting since folks there support a number of different customers and rarely see one another.

When I was in L.A., I usually had bosses who had parties at their own houses. Does Zane still own that house right behind D8?

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

I think he's in PV.

[slymongoose.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were a member of the Kilt Admiration Society.

This shows you, as I, have damned good taste!
:D

[cellio]

They charged you for your work parties? Wow. I'm used to things like "drinks after the first one cost money", but if my employer told us we had to pay for our dinners at company parties, attendance would take a dive.

[fauxklore]

These were all work parties at my customer - a government agency.

We don't spend tax dollars on giving everyone lunch. Attendance is high because we do them at lunchtime.

But, actually, my company (which is a nonprofit) also charges for the holiday dinner dance.