Last night I held my first 'party'; A Thanksgiving meal to be exact, and what a time it was! 15 people in total, mostly from the English department along with my housemate Mel, Jason and a few significant others (of those in the English department). A 20 pound turkey, heaps of stuffing, green bean casserol, two types of mash, rolls, a vegetarian dish, three types of pudding (thats another word for pie for those of you reading this from the USA) and other yummy food were all included in last night's festivities. (To the right is Lucy checking up on her 'other baby...')
(Me and my INCREDIBLE American Flag pie compliments of Sophie)
It was really nice being able to have everyone together for an evening away from work. A few of us went out for dinner on Tuesday evening, followed by watching the opening of the school musical 'Notre Damn.' That was wonderful, but it was still school related and, quite frankly, the fact that we had our boss about 30 ft from us the entire night and were surrounded by our students, didn't exactly make for a 'relaxing' evening.
(Close up of 'The Beast')
Getting back to the meal last night; it really was brilliant. I truly feel as though I'm beginning to connect with these people on more of a friend level--I hated how, up until recently, it still felt just like 'work.' The people I work with have been nothing but incredible towards me and, believe me, I am so grateful for that; however, last night I finally felt as though I have actual friends here in MK. Sophie REALLY made it seem like that with her incredible creation that she brought with her for the meal (American Flag pie); I LOVED IT!!! :)
Over all, a good time. There aren't any pictures (well any good ones) of Jason and I (for those nosey people out there who are reading this right now...you know who you are ;) ). I'll have to find some for when I return home in December (which happens to be in 3 weeks...just putting that out there...not counting or anything :-D).
4 comments:
Next year for a really relaxing evening you should just have your bosses FOR dinner.
Brendan:
To quote Johnny Depp:
"Everything in this room is eatable! I'm even eatable, but that's called 'Cannibalism' children, and is frowned upon in most societies..."
Btw...are you in Maryland at all from the 29th of december to the 2nd of January?
Johnny Depp:
To quote Brendan Curran:
“Most, but not all societies. Now please pass the ketchup.”
I won’t be flying into Maryland until 2-4th of Jan. Bollocks! (how do you spell that in British?)
haha GROSS!
Ballocks would be the correct spelling--fyi... :)
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