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Did the Service Auction thing.
The dinner this year was not really to my taste, particularly since the only starch was rice that had been (to my mind) ruined by the inclusion of dill. (I suspect other people might consider the cilantro the ruining ingredient.) So I had two small ground-beef-with-stuff-in balls (kofta, perhaps???), some green beans, and a little salad and called it a meal. Oh, and a glass of red wine. Because wine is good. So is dessert, and I raided the dessert table like a ninja immediately after I finished dinner. :-)
Then I spent about four hours cleaning and putting away stuff: first dinner dishes and glasses upstairs in the annex, then tables and tablecloths, then more dishes and glasses downstairs, then tables and tablecloths downstairs. I also helped consolidate the unsold items from the silent auction (and the sold but not yet picked up items), and just generally tidy up a bunch.
My hands are very dry/wrinkled from all the soap and water, and my feet and ankles hate me.
But! I did end up grabbing a bidding number, and I got into the live auction for the relevant ten minutes to bid on one thing I particularly wanted, and nobody else bid against me. So I got two tickets to a Baroque music concert on the weekend right after my birthday for only $25, which is an absolute steal.
So that was nice.
And then I came home and baked a batch of brownies, because yesterday my hospitality team leader sent out an email asking people to please sign up for a list of empty tasks this Sunday and I foolishly said, "Yeah, okay, I can bring a coffee hour snack." *headdesk* Anyway, they are baked and cut and sealed in plastic containers for me to carry into town in the morning, and I am GOING THE FUCK TO BED.
The dinner this year was not really to my taste, particularly since the only starch was rice that had been (to my mind) ruined by the inclusion of dill. (I suspect other people might consider the cilantro the ruining ingredient.) So I had two small ground-beef-with-stuff-in balls (kofta, perhaps???), some green beans, and a little salad and called it a meal. Oh, and a glass of red wine. Because wine is good. So is dessert, and I raided the dessert table like a ninja immediately after I finished dinner. :-)
Then I spent about four hours cleaning and putting away stuff: first dinner dishes and glasses upstairs in the annex, then tables and tablecloths, then more dishes and glasses downstairs, then tables and tablecloths downstairs. I also helped consolidate the unsold items from the silent auction (and the sold but not yet picked up items), and just generally tidy up a bunch.
My hands are very dry/wrinkled from all the soap and water, and my feet and ankles hate me.
But! I did end up grabbing a bidding number, and I got into the live auction for the relevant ten minutes to bid on one thing I particularly wanted, and nobody else bid against me. So I got two tickets to a Baroque music concert on the weekend right after my birthday for only $25, which is an absolute steal.
So that was nice.
And then I came home and baked a batch of brownies, because yesterday my hospitality team leader sent out an email asking people to please sign up for a list of empty tasks this Sunday and I foolishly said, "Yeah, okay, I can bring a coffee hour snack." *headdesk* Anyway, they are baked and cut and sealed in plastic containers for me to carry into town in the morning, and I am GOING THE FUCK TO BED.
