The preparations are in progress.
The event could be a wedding. The marquee on the lawn, the large round tables covered in blue tablecloths, people working to prepare everything in time for mid-day.
Except it’s a party. A celebration. I’m not a fan of parties but this I dread. This is a company party. Hanging around with people that aren’t your friends, even if some of them are nice and even if some of them can, actually, be counted as friends. It’s not like we have anything in common, apart from work.
But, then, I’ve never really liked these things even when I ran my own company.
I would prefer to be somewhere else.
I don’t do small talk.
You can’t really talk about ‘real’ things.
There will be speeches which I won’t understand, I expect. There will be complaints about the food or the heat (for it is still in the high 20s here), about people, about something. And, probably, I will complain too. One does, after all, doesn’t one?
Ah, well, in 6 hours it will be over, thank goodness.
Tomorrow, F goes to the UK for work for four days. I’ve been helping him with his presentation for some big meeting. I have enjoyed helping him; I like to feel useful as well as loved. Then he goes to Spain for three days. Then Germany for over a week. I miss him already.
I’ve nearly completed my backlog of work and the only thing to complete now is my CV for editing. I hope to finish it before the party starts.
So, sorry, must dash …………
Hi Andy,
I don’t like small talk either. I can see what you mean: you can’t talk about real life with people you barely know. However, small talks might morphed into real talks! It happened to me while in Canada and I was both delighted and suprised.
I’m sorry to hear that F. will be away for so long…
Yes, I know they do (morph into real discussions)…..sometimes – but very unlikely in this case.
Me too! He is back next weekend (not this one) but gets back late on Friday and flies off again early Monday. Still, it’s better than nothing.
Hi Andy – I never liked company parties/events either. I found them so fake and pompous with all the ‘upper-echelon’ swooning and mingling with us commoners. At our company CHristmas party every year, Skipp, after a few drins would go up to the company president and tell/remind him how fortutnate he was to have me working at his company because I am such a good counselor. I swear, every year!
Too funny. And I did enjoy seeing someone who was always stiff and stand offish in the work place “let loose” after a few drinks and sing a song off-key. 
on the microphone believing they sounded good! But all-in-all, I am so glad those days of company parties are behind me.
Love to you
Gail
peace……
Luckily, Gail, they don’t happen that often. We don’t really have a Christmas do or anything like that. Ah well, it’s over …… for another 10 years, I guess. Hopefully I’ll be doing something else by then!