the christmas party

Yesterday was my last day of classes. My teacher sat us down for instructions about our final review next Friday. The only requirements he gave us was to be there from 9am-3pm and put the pictures on powerpoint. Hah. I thought that was awesome. I actually get free reign over how I present my project. This is an unprecedented event. Amazing really. I've also never been more impressed with the work my studio has produced before. I wish I could swipe some of the pictures of their stuff to post. Maybe I can dig through the network files and and find some. hehe.

Last night, Jerms and I went to his company's Christmas party. I was freezing the entire time because there was a draft flowing throughout the place. The party was at the Red Oak Ballroom. They had an open bar and appetizers which we helped ourselves too while we were waiting for his friends to arrive. I got sprite and some crackers.
When Jeremy's friend Todd finally showed up, we nabbed ourselves a table near the jazz band. That was a funny little mistake. The saxaphone player was totally tipsy and kept coming to our table to jam out in someone's ear.

Later, when the band was taking a break, he came over and sat with us and began discussing his trip to Paris, France on Monday. I learned more about him than I did any of Jeremy's co-workers. He was a 47 year old jazz musician who only recently started learning how to read music after 30 years of playing. He's never been married and he comes from family of 7 generations of Texans. He's recorded a few albums and has played for Jeremy's company xmas party 3 years in a row.

At the end of the night, the president gave a speech and awarded 3 employees with innovation awards which included a plaque and 3,500 dollars towards a vacation. They also announced that whoever had the orange dot underneath their glass wins the centerpiece at that table. Guess who won?! ME! hehe.. yeah! Something cool came out of the event after all.

Today, we have to do some Christmas shopping...if we ever leave the house.. it's already 2pm. we still haven't eaten. I'm waiting for John to take a shower and get dressed.