In the past few weeks, I have been working on the planning of:<\/p>\n
– the PST group xmas party<\/a> and a boatload of smaller tasks, none of which are actually my actual day job. <\/p>\n It’s been stressful, to say the least but the good news is that everything is now done and over. The office paella potluck<\/a> went down a treat. It was held at the Great Chesterford community center and the comments about the food and the venue were uniformly positive (many thanks to the paella chefs!). The day had a rocky start with a trip to Addenbrookes A&E after Bean dropped a chair on his big toe but bounced back once the food started being served. We already had all of the food prepped and packed in the car, but there was a ton of last-minute stuff we needed to deal with. Still, with a few phone calls, everything got sorted out and in the end, we were in and out of Addenbrooked in about an hour and a half. I have to give mad props to the guys who helped clean the place up afterwards, it was a big help!<\/p>\n The EBI xmas party was last night, at La Raza in Cambridge. The comments I got on the night were also very positive, with people saying that it was a better party than in the past couple of years. I can personally vouch that the food was not only feckin’ plentiful<\/a>, but very<\/a> very<\/a> good as well. Given all of my allergies, the fact that I was stuffed at the end of the night was a very positive fact IMO. The jalapeno poppers were great, but those beef and horseradish yorkie puds were pure crack! Plus, you know, 5 drinks for a fiver is a deal you can’t beat :) The only critiques I would give for the night was that the music the DJ put on wasn’t what I would have preferred for a xmas party. Other than that, and the totally unfounded rumours of a rigging of the raffle draw (hehe!), the night was a success in my books. <\/p>\n Becky had a bit of karmic retribution when Bean woke up at 11 and, realizing that we weren’t there, cried for an hour before getting himself back to bed. Becky was a bit frazzled when she called, I think…<\/p>\n So now, I only have one more week of work before I get some leave time to chill out and cook stuff for the holidays. I’ve already started tonight, with a braised beef topside and some chicken stock that I’m going to use to make a hamhock terrine in the near future. Katy and I are trying to finalize the list of all the recipes we want to try out for new years :)<\/p>\n The prezzies are mostly all bought and just need wrapping, so that’s a load off as well.<\/p>\n Go us, for being productive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the past few weeks, I have been working on the planning of: – the PST group xmas party – the main EBI xmas party – mince pies & mulled wine for 100 people at work – booking 50 tickets for Stomp – booking 150 tickets for a cinema screening – getting 500 mugs printed…<\/p>\n
\n– the main EBI xmas party<\/a>
\n– mince pies & mulled wine<\/a> for 100 people at work
\n– booking 50 tickets for Stomp
\n– booking 150 tickets for a cinema screening
\n– getting 500 mugs printed for work<\/p>\n