So... 36.
*hums* Next time (or any time, really) I say something like, "Wow, the office holiday lunch is on my birthday, that'll be awesome!" do me a favor? Shoot me in the head.
Okay, it wasn't that bad. Just. I am not a highly social person, yeah? And also, I do not plan ahead. Which is why, instead of arriving in a group of people-I-want-to-have-lunch with and therefore getting to sit with them, I wandered in on my own and wound up at a table with my supervisor, my supervisor's boss, the boss of our whole office and his boss visiting from out of town.
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I noticed later that my fingers kind of ached and realized it was because I'd been wringing my hands under the table for an hour and a half. God. The food was tasty, anyway, but our office's "holiday bonus" policy of raffling off a half-dozen prizes led to, yes!, a third winless year in a row. *dorkstar* C'mon, guys, just pass out some $20 giftcards or something and let us all feel a little holiday cheer.
My real birthday dinner, however, was awesomecakes. Greg took me out Saturday night to a churrascaria which, if you've never been, is a meat-lover's Nirvana. Meat on swords! Coming directly to your table! Again and again until you flip over the little coaster signifying, "Feed me an after-dinner mint and watch me explode." I recommend this dining experience to everybody who... loves meat :D (Meat wrapped in meat!)
Okay, it wasn't that bad. Just. I am not a highly social person, yeah? And also, I do not plan ahead. Which is why, instead of arriving in a group of people-I-want-to-have-lunch with and therefore getting to sit with them, I wandered in on my own and wound up at a table with my supervisor, my supervisor's boss, the boss of our whole office and his boss visiting from out of town.
...
I noticed later that my fingers kind of ached and realized it was because I'd been wringing my hands under the table for an hour and a half. God. The food was tasty, anyway, but our office's "holiday bonus" policy of raffling off a half-dozen prizes led to, yes!, a third winless year in a row. *dorkstar* C'mon, guys, just pass out some $20 giftcards or something and let us all feel a little holiday cheer.
My real birthday dinner, however, was awesomecakes. Greg took me out Saturday night to a churrascaria which, if you've never been, is a meat-lover's Nirvana. Meat on swords! Coming directly to your table! Again and again until you flip over the little coaster signifying, "Feed me an after-dinner mint and watch me explode." I recommend this dining experience to everybody who... loves meat :D (Meat wrapped in meat!)