Let's start with Tuesday. Tuesday at small group we met, ate dinner, and hung out with each other. It was the last time we would all be in community like that for a while. We did Secret Santa, took a few great pictures, and just enjoyed each other. It was beautiful and wonderful. It will be one of my more fondly remembered evenings for a while.
Friday was my work holiday party. At this point I had already worked for about 60 hours for the week, so honestly being around more work people was just not what I was looking forward to. I had to sit at the table and check in employees and hand out drink tickets. I finally got to sit down for some dinner, and it was so awkward. I have a few friends at work. Only one that I really like and would hang out with outside of work. Of course she was super late because traffic is bad in DC, especially on a Friday... in the rain. So I sat awkwardly with some people who had no one at their table, and I felt bad. The older man David was chugging his wine, and then as the evening progressed, continued to hit on me, only adding to the awkwardness. Meanwhile, my wine glass was empty. The waiters kept coming around and still no wine in my glass. So I finally flagged down my waiter, and say, excuse me, can I get a glass of wine? He says only if you show me your ID. ---- At the CORPORATE HOLIDAY PARTY AT THE RITZ CARLTON - they carded me... that was so embarrassing! I ended up sitting with the security folks and Lili decided she wants to set me up with her son. I am thinking eh... where is the harm. But THEN Doug and John decided they also want me to date their sons... ohhhhhhhhhh goodness. But I have found it. The best way to find men. Befriend their parents at work!
Anyway after dinner I had about enough of the holiday party. After my 1 and 1/2 glasses of wine, as I am saying goodbye, my boss pulls me aside and expresses sincere concern for my intoxication levels and going home. I told him I had little more than one glass, and I have an entire metro ride home before I got to my car. He was very insistent that I had been drinking heavily and needed to be escorted home. How do you handle that? I wanted to tell him, NOT DRUNK, NOT EVEN CLOSE! I was able to convince him that I was fine to walk to the metro with someone and would be absolutely fine to metro and drive.
So I was so thankful to head out of the holiday party, and headed to Stefan's house for the YL party. I got there just in time for dirty santa (white elephant). It was just so much fun, I love my YL friends. We hung out all night upstairs, Stefan, Buffy, Kristina, Lita, Nick, Emma, Amanda and I. We got to hang out, joke, and talk about how YL and WL is going to look with Amanda gone.
Saturday Kyle and I went to Amanda's to pick up a new sofa. We of course got distracted and ended up looking at the luxury condos near Grovesner Metro in the $1million range. Hahaha, yea we are dreaming, but they were beautiful. It made me excited for whenever I have a man to go shopping for a condo or house with! It is exciting to consider starting a family and having a home. Then we got the sofa, which led me to rearrange my room to incorporate my loveseat. Then I went shopping and to California Tortillas for lunch, and it was sooooo yummy! Then I got ready to head downtown with Sarah and Holly for our girls night. It was so much fun! Food, wine, new friends, and catch phrase? Such a great time.
Today was the best though. Chris came down for the Eagles game, and we went to the Redskins stadium. I had the best time. It was so cold, we were as high up as you could possibly sit, and it took us forever to get there. But you know what? It was soooo great. I just wish they had won. The Eagles just could not deliver today and it was sad. I didn't get to say goodbye to Amanda. That was sucky but I know she needed to get ready to go. It is just weird to think that Tuesday I won't be hanging out at her house for dinner. We are planning on getting together tomorrow and so I am going to try so hard to get there. This is going to be a crazy week at work, and I am not looking forward to these deadlines and deliverables being forced on me. But Merry Christmas on Thursday!
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