Erin’s Birthday

Anybody who knows me, even a little, already knows that despite my knack for chatting anybody up, the truth it still that deep down I like animals a whole lot more than I like most people. Sure, I can charm as well as a broke manwhore convincing a potential sugar mama that she’s his light, moon and stars. But when the day is done I scurry home to my pets and lock my doors to all but a select few people that I enjoy spending my precious, free time with.

Yet every now and then I’m hit like a smack in the forehead with the sudden realization that I have encountered some truly fabulous people in my short, very short, I-don’t-care-if you’ve-seen-my-identification-short life — like today.

Leslie

Leslie

Of course, Leslie is in this post. In case nobody’s noticed I really like my co-worker, Leslie. In fact, I should probably just rename “jennyjuice.com” to “leslie’sbiggestcheesiestfan.com”. Ha ha! But a lot of genuine and just plain GOOD people were at Day # 3 of 175 Days of Fun’s event : Erin’s birthday.

Erin

Erin is another of my most excellent co-workers (big suprise)!  I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that I had almost forgotten that it was Erin who had made a point of trying to make me feel welcome on my first few days at work, over a year ago. She introduced herself, asked if I needed anything and she actually listened. I have a big problem with our dos-based, green-screened software, developed in 1984 (for serious!). It’s archaic and nowhere near  user friendly – if you don’t know the acronyms, have fun guessing! Not only did she find and print me an excellent cheat sheet but she also printed me off other valuable materials that gave me insight into my role, as well as the clients I would be encountering.

In case I never told her, I’m publicly declaring that my Supervisor frequently expresses admiration of my speedy manoeuvring through our crappy database and I have Erin to thank for it. THANK YOU, ERIN!

Pam

Pam and Erin

Another fantastic co-worker, Pam, participated in Erin’s birthday celebration. Pam’s the quiet one who doesn’t always say a lot but can be approached with any tomfoolery or grievance. She will look away from her mountain of work and give you her undivided attention and complete support (grievances) because as I’ve finally figured out, she’s really kind and sensitive, too.

But before I had time to reflect and get all cheesy on the co-workers, Erin’s birthday was great fun!

Jennifer and Chris

The gang included others I’m just getting to know through our social outings but we’ll chat more about these folks later. This is, after all, a co-workers love-fest!

First, the gang went bowling, sans Jen. This was a good time, apparently, but I can’t really elaborate because a) I’m not an avid bowler and b) I wasn’t there. I’m still a bit under the weather and needed time to recuperate…so I could take part in the drinking! Ha! Ha!

We ate. We drank. We laughed. It was good times. What more can I say? Don’t the pictures illustrate?

Andrew