Tis the season!

So it is that time of year that the office holiday parties are held--yay!  Isn't it enough that you spend all day at work and then you have to spend more time after hours "celebrating" Christmas cheer with a few you are indifferent to, others that you would rather spend time with alone and then still those who you could care less if you saw at all--yes, crude but honest!  I'm really not trying to be a Scrooge but this is my weekend of call and I could use the evening hours doing what I want to do.  Unfortunately, if I hadn't of shown up at the X-mas party it would have been bad since I was the one who had originally proposed that we have a party!

It was quite disturbing to find out that last year there was no Holiday party AT ALL.  Can you believe that?!  Well, I was determined that this year, Christmas would not go uncelebrated!!!  I planned and organized a pot luck lunch and dirty Santa; well, wouldn't you know that the big boss decided he would be generous and offer to host the holiday party at his place in the evening after work.  Well, since I was the one who had originally proposed the whole idea to begin with, even though I REALLY didn't want to go, I felt guilty about not going.  It took all the energy I had left in me to show up for about an hour and a half to mingle a bit with everyone and then see dirty Santa through--it ended up being a good turnout and I think people enjoyed dirty Santa.  I came away with Appleton's Jamaican Rum!!!

I am glad I ended up going but to be completely honest could have used the time to do what I really wanted to do tonight which was to enjoy some wine (probably a little more than I really needed) alone and sleep until late tomorrow morning only to have to wake up to round at 10AM.  Like I said, not trying to be a Scrooge, but bah humbug!!