I still feel like poo, but now I've been warmed over by the glow of not one but two office holiday parties tonight! If I were a smart person, I would have stayed bundled in bed on couch, but I never made claims to being a smart person. Plus, duty called. Plus, there was spiked eggnog to be had and Secret Santa games to be played (party #1, db's work peeps) and rubbernecking party maneuvering to be enjoyed w/ snarky pals (party #2, my work peeps). That is more sociability than this introvert can usually handle in one day week month, but these are uniquely manageable scenes generally. db and I like our (and each other's) work peeps. Let's see how many times I can cram 'work peeps' into this dull as dirt recap. Jeez.
I can't even blame this boringness on the heavy drinking that usually goes on at these things to get folks through them, because the heavily spiked eggnog -- described to me as "very tame" (!!!) -- has worn off, all 5 sips of it, and I'm not sure if the Sud@fed my pal MH scored for me about 3 seconds after I walked into my work party ever kicked in. Like I said, warmed over poo. It was nice of MH to share. He's battling the same sort of bleahs. {{{{Thanks, MH!}}}}
Things I learned tonight:
- sometimes wives lie to their husbands, but they feel they have to confess it (to girlfriends, that is)
- sometimes wives are much happier attending parties w/o their husbands
- I should have invested in that Herman Miller desk I had my eye on years ago
- there's a B&B in Key West where the bathrooms are decorated w/ Kama Sutra figurines, described as "kinda creepy" by a former honeymooner
- 90% of db's work peeps are into improv comedy--performing, that is
- the other 10% like books about giraffes
- there was a "Friends" episode featuring the Hanukkah Aardvark
- the Planned Parenthood of Central NC has only three local health centers serving 23 counties
- at the first party, when someone asked when the strippers were going to arrive, no one really thought it was funny (I really love it when public reaction to sexist/racist/homophobic crap comports w/ my own, which is: Zero Tolerance)
- and last but not least, I'm here to remind everyone who makes artichoke and goat cheese dip that it is not necessary to put mayonnaise in it at any ratio but certainly not at a ratio of 5:1 (mayonnaise...brrr)
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