We went to Luke's work Christmas party last night. I always dread these events based on past experience. There's always rude people, nerds, unfriendly spouses, and the dreaded alcohol....that everyone seems to be drinking. All I can think of is- who's driving again? Anyhow. As it turns out, this Christmas party was a blast! It was family oriented, no alcohol, and even had good food for a change. We sat by some people that Luke knew from work and the conversations were actually tolerable. They served steaks, baked potatoes, salad, and cheesecake. The only drawback seemed to be paper plates and plastic utensils. Have you ever tried to cut a steak with a plastic fork and plastic butter knife? Let's just say your arms get a workout- and so did my brand new sweater. The lady sitting next to me ordered her steak WELL done. I mean that thing had to be dead twice, it was plain burnt. Therefore, she decided to cover it in A1 steak sauce. Well, every time she took a swing at sawing on her steak, the A1 splattered all over my new sweater. So, at the end of the night, my sweater for sure had a date with Mr. Shout!!!
They even played BINGO at this party which was a lot of fun. I kept looking at the prizes, and even told the Lord- I think I'd like the first one over there. Well, after I found out it was a steam rice cooker- I quickly told him- well, no thanks. However, I did win a 1st Electric Afghan.
All in all, it was a great evening. On the ride home I told Luke about the night I found out he was laid off from his last job. I told the prayer shawl ladies that night that I was ready for a family oriented, friendly, and no alcohol at the Christmas party- kinda job! As it turns out, that's exactly what the Lord had planned all along. So, we'll take the pay cut and all for this kind of an atmosphere!
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