I have spent the last 3 days at work doing nothing other than party planning--I feel like Julie McCoy, Cruise Director, for my place of employment. Seriously, I think I'm gonna start calling it "party" instead of "work": "Oh, gees, I'm exhausted!My party is crazy these days!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I can't go. I have to party that day."
"My party is nuts! We have so much partying to do!"
See? Sounds great, doesn't it? Yeah, no. I mean, I hate to complain, but all these birthdays, wedding showers, baby showers, and golf outings are just digging into my work time.
I can't believe I just wrote that.
And the food? Criminy. I think I gained 10 pounds this week alone! All that Mexican food, pizza, buffalo wings, Tres Leches cake, and mozzarella sticks can make an employee full. I am literally sick of junk food and I think I said so as I grabbed all the celery sticks and carrots from the buffalo wing platter. Funny how I didn't encounter any resistance from the crowd.
I'm not kidding when I tell you that we even ordered "healthy" pizzas for our presentation by our current intern who is a registered dietician. Yep, we snarfed down as she lectured us about counting fat grams and calories--and we laughed while we did it. I think we disappointed her. Whatever.
I'm just grateful we don't have any of those black bears up here in Chicago--they'd have a field day in our office.
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mmm, Chicago pizza. Excuse me what were you saying.
Goodness ~ it says you can spend up to 1 year in jail for feeding a bear in Kentucky ~ that's way longer then Lindsay Lohan spent in jail for driving drunk...again... ~ clearly not as an offensive act... :/
I will be sure to hold on to my pizza if I am driving through Kentucky! :)
Happy Day Lin!
xo Catherine
I am posting an ad as I head back to work this morning (a place where I graze about like a black bear and have gained mucho amounts of weight)
Ad reads: Needed 1 intern. Degree required, preferred registered dietician.
We find reasons to party, make up days to party--like pi days is 3-14: on spring break don't worry we'll eat gobs of calorie loaded cream pies on 4-13 cause reversing a date is so fatteningly creative.
SEND US THE DARN INTERN!
No parties at my work. Last week gpa ate an entire coffee cake and had the crumbs alllllll over the floor. I cleaned it up finally. That's my work party lifestyle these days.
If I see a black bear in KY I am not going to be worrying about feeding it. My daughter lives in wahoo land La Center where for sport they beat cats to death (not her!). I know because her ex's orange elderly cat was killed that way by these idiots.
Tres leches cake? I love it! My friends call it biscocho de tres leches. What ever you call it, it is yummalicious.
I'll go with Szechuan vegetables over brown rice.
Highway--Yeah, even I won't pass up a piece or two. That's some dangerous stuff!
Catherine--That's what I noticed too. Of all the offenses.....
Jodi--Nah, she was NO fun. She was always lecturing us on how unhealthy our food was (we are a food manufacturing business, so that isn't really a good idea) and she definitely did not think Irene and I were funny. Sheesh. You can have our intern. Sending her now....
Helene--Well, it sounds like Grandpa is partying anyway. That stinks, Helene. But then again, that job has always been stinky, right? What is with those cat killers???! Yikes.
Chuck--That darn cake sits in your abdomen like a BRICK! I had physical therapy yesterday and I could hardly lie on my stomach after eating a piece. I'll take the rice and veggies too.
OK...I had to stop reading when I got to Tres Leche... I started a low-carb diet a week ago and that had me salivating. The pizza...not so much!
I have to make this fast. Gotta get dressed for the party. The party is going to be a long one today. I can't wait to get to the party.
OH! It does work! Are you dressing up like Julie McCoy too? Oh, I envied that Julie. I don't care that she didn't have a mom. She had a whole ship....
Oh, now you've got me in a state of envy....this is not going to make me a popular person at the party.
My kind of job, I mean, party! Just add the company walk or exercise time and you're good to go!
Actually for those of us living in bear country it can be serious. A man was killed not too far from here because an idiot didn't clean his campsite and the bear got acclimated to human food and came down and clawed a man to death in h is tent looking for food.
Sorry to be the bummer post of the day but bears will eat ANYTHING and do just about ANYTHING to get to food once they find a source.
Plus they are BIG. Very, very BIG.
Hmmm interesting concept, replace the word work, with party. I'm getting up early in the morning to go to party. Nope, still not working for me but thanks.
We don't have parties, we just have work, I'm in the wrong job.
Diana--While that cake is good going down, it sits in your gut like a lead weight. Maybe it was best you missed it.
Betty--I don't dress like Julie, but I sure try to act as spunky--but I'm finding that drives the co-workers nuts. Maybe that's a good thing?! "Attention, Lido deck...."
Chocolate--As fun as it is, I'm sort of partied out. I have this stack of work on my desk that is calling and calling. I'm gonna pay for it sooner or later.
Pricilla--Oh, I get it. I was reading Sara's blog (Red Pine Mtn) and she had a bear clawing her house! Man, that was scary!!! I do think the pizza-eating bear is kinda misrepresenting the situation, don't you?
Ann--While everyone has a wacky office, I have one where folks like to party. And remember, I work with Irene--that is enough of a party for anyone. :) I consider myself lucky on that front.
Tres Leche cake? Yum! Your office sounds like a great place to work! Since I work from home I miss out on all the birthday cakes, cookies, office lunches and breakfast burritos. Oh well, guess it's a good trade off by not having to deal with my boss in person every day!
Beaded Tail--It sticks to your gut like lead! And even though it is very good, I can only eat a teeny piece. I work part-time, so I have a little of both worlds. :) I'm with you on that!
Trouble is, we lack creativity, except when it comes to ways in which to increase caloric intake.
Feel sad? Eat something. Celebrating? Eat something? Idle moment? Eat something. Stressful time? I think you see where this is going.
Vanilla--How very right you are! (as usual) Why do we put so much on food???
Haha...that reminds me of when I worked at this affluent elementary school. Enrollment was 750, so you know, there's a pretty good chance it's going to be at least one kid's b-day every day. I used to have cupcakes lined up on my desk. I used to say to myself, OK, obviously you can't eat all of them, but wasting is a sin, right? SO, I just ate the ones without fingerprints in them!
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