Over the Summit

The office holiday parties are done. The shopping is done. It is supposed to snow tomorrow. I am headed, over the summit and through the woods, to family and friends in the Bay Area on Saturday. I get to spend a wonderfully long 10 days in the place that is always home, thereby making this time of year a good time.

One holiday party was at a steak house. I had a delicious slab of prime rib and sat next to our host (read boss) and his wife. It was the first time I had a social conversation with this particular boss. That was nice. Everyone got tipsy (excluding me). This is always amusing to me. Half the staff spent half their time in the bar smoking. Interesting.

The second party, and the office I consider primary, was at the bosses house. A beautiful log cabin on an expansive piece of land, filled with comfort and yummy smells, roaring fire and a big golden retriever named "Rocky Marriage". We had Elk steaks, my boss being a hunter and this is the prize he brought home this year. It was pretty good, very lean. It was a great dinner and there was a bonus AND snugly robes and socks from Bath & Body, thereby making it difficult to get in the shower and go to work once I put them on. We had our Secret Santa luncheon at the office on Tuesday. As luck would have it my secret santa was my hiking buddy and vice versa. She picked out this great necklace, an homage and good luck charm, for our hiking excursions. I got her the camelbak backpack she had been coveting. It was lovely.

MMoxie Hiking Necklace.

So if you check in here and I seem to have abandoned my posts, fear not (yea, like that's gonna happen). I will return in the new year. I wish all my friends near and far a wonderful season and great hopes for the New Year, 2008.