Team picnic

Yesterday we had our annual Christmas party. My team has a nice Christmas tradition – instead of subjecting ourselves to the usual too-expensive Christmas fare (turkey/ham plus trimmings in a crowded restaurant) – we have a picnic down by the little lake on campus. We each bring a plate, and The Boss and the Deputy Uber Boss bring drinks (mainly alcoholic, with bottles of water).

This year we had quiche, chicken, cold meats, breads, prosciutto and melon, sandwiches, dips, cheeses, salads, fruit, plum cake and cinnamon loaf, washed down with a choice of white wine, Coopers’ Sparkling Ale, or water.

After eating we usually play bocce. I’m pretty bad at it – my technique consists of variations on chucking the ball – but it’s fun nonetheless.

This year is probably the last time we’ll have our picnic in this form, because from next year our little team is being amalgamated with a larger one. I don’t know if the Deputy Uber Boss will be providing us with beverages next year, either, as he’ll be officially retired at the end of the year.

There’ll be a few changes in the new year – which I won’t blog about just yet – which should make 2007 an interesting one, workwise.

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