Busy day full of fun so I didn’t really have time for a guilty pleasure. One thing did make me giggle like a school girl, however, and that was sliding around on our hardwood floor in my socked feet. It happened accidentally. I hugged my husband and kind of started to slide. He caught me and I got the idea that he should push me down the hall. So I leaned all my weight on him and off we went much to my delight. These super fuzzy and super cute socks from my Secret Santa definitely helped!
Driving back from Iowa in time to work at noon was not so fun. Going to a white elephant party after work, however, was super fun. White elephant can be done many ways but, the way I have always played (and the way we played last night) the rules are:
We did this with seven people so it did not take that long. (I started this as a tradition for my extended family on my mom’s side with about 20 people and that takes a while). I gave a martini glass picture frame with picture of Elphie’s face in it (somehow the hubs ended up with this, so watch out family) and I got two books that are going straight to the garage sale pile. The game was definitely fun but seeing friends was better. These are friends that we, unfortunately, do not see too often but with whom we can always pick right back up.
Side note: I do not have any pictures from tonight because I totally forgot about writing the blog while I was there. This has happened before and I think it is because I am enjoying myself so much I’m not thinking about writing about it later. This is good but now I’m sad that I don’t have any photos to share. I’m looking for a happy medium between being conscious of documenting these events and just have fun.
I do my shot every week on Thursday in the evening and usually, after I’m done, I need something to distract myself from thinking too much about the possibility of side effects or how freaky it is that I just gave myself a shot while sitting at the dining room table. This week I decided to challenge the hubs to a crossword competition.
A crossword competition is when you print out a number of copies of a crossword from an online source (in this case, two) and then compete on who can finish fastest. This is something I’ve participated in at work, but decided to bring home. The puzzle we tackled was entitled “Abbreviated States,” though I cannot tell you why. We competed for about 20 minutes before we started giving each other answers. Eventually we were both so stuck, we decided to just work on it together, and we were victorious! Even though no one won, it was super fun. I highly suggest this game. You could play until someone wins on their own, or see who has to ask for help first, or just have fun competing knowing you might ultimately have to put your brains together to finish.
Some days are just great, and on those days I have a hard time picking one thing as THE fun thing I did that day. Here’s what my Saturday looked like yesterday (and why I did not post anything until now):
10am-DIY Trunk Show with husband and friend from work.
12pm-begin a quiet afternoon at work filled with mad libs and online holiday shopping.
6pm-dinner reservations at a downtown restaurant.
8pm-tickets to Potted Potter at the Broadway Playhouse.
10pm-game night with best friends.
So you can see why it would be hard to choose. I feel lucky to have had such a great day wherein nothing about my arthritis stopped me from doing what I wanted and having the best time.
My sister and friend left today to continue their road trip to Indiana, dropping me off at work on their way. Lately at work, I’ve been scheming about how to insert more fun in to our days. (If you read this blog regularly, you probably think no effort necessary, but I maintain that we can always have more. Oh and why not make it holiday themed?) One idea I’ve been floating is secret santa. Most people seem excited by this prospect, so tonight I laid out the little slip of paper that will have the name of a participant on it and will also give the spending limit and a few “guidelines.”
Because our whole department does not all work at the same time and it would be difficult to get the twenty of us together for our own holiday party (especially because we have a show running in December), I am proposing that we spread it out, giving two small and one larger gift over the course of a few weeks and only revealing identities in the last gift. We can leave these secret gifts on desks, in lockers or have them delivered by someone from another department. Planning this is my fun today because I do really enjoy coordinating these kinds of group activities and events, considering the many secret santa format options, choosing one that will work for our schedule and implementing (after running it by a few people first). I hope everyone is on board!
year of fun 