Ooooooh, am I ever crispy.
Yesterday was the annual company picnic. You may recall last year's outing, towards the bottom of that page there. I had just started working here, and as such, did not really know anybody. This year? Lot more fun. I actually was able to chat and make jokes with people, I consumed no food that came with a face on it, there was the ocean and huge freaking waves, I actually was athletic and played a game of Ultimate Frisbee in the sand, and most especially, there was Flex (who drank a glass of wine and watched as I ran up and down the beach chasing the aforementioned Frisbee).
Everyone at my work loved him. Everyone made a point of chatting with the two of us, in that "I don't have a problem with it!" kind of way, and ended up actually acting normal about the whole thing. Some of them want to get together with the two of us, to go out for drinks, maybe go see a play! I suppose I work with some pretty keen people after all.
Today, however, I have a rather unpleasant tanline, in the shape of a tank top. I wonder if I can wear just sleeves, so as to even out my coloring? Also, just because I am a whiny little crybaby sometimes, I am going to mention the fact that my calves are freaking KILLING me due to all that running around in sand. There. Enough with the whining now.
Also, tonight! Tonight will be my official birthday party! The adorable Little Owl is making me cupcakes! The incomparable Shiv is bringing me a drink! I will be moving very gingerly, so as not to allow my shoulders to come into contact with anything! Hooray!!
And now I am on my way home, taking full advantage of the Half-Day-Friday policy my company has instituted for the summer, to go home and make some chilled cucumber-dill soup, and a grilled cheese sandwich. Not only do I have a very strange craving for chilled cucumber-dill soup at the moment, but it will give me a chance to try out some of my newly-received birthday gadgets! Garlic peelers, garlic pressers, a beautiful marble rolling pin (which, in all honesty, probably will not be used to prepare soup), and a freaking gorgeous mezzaluna two-handled curve-bladed chopping knife. Serious: best friends ever.