the twelve dates of christmas: date two

our second christmas date was an evening out at my office holiday party. last year's office holiday party was in october, and it was a carnival for children who had a parent (or two) who had been killed on a deployment, and as part of the carnival festivities AWD and i agreed to dress up like clowns and hand out balloons.

this is a true story.

so, i think you can appreciate AWD's apprehension about my office holiday parties.

but, this year we got to dress up in fancy holiday clothes instead, and go to a swanky venue and eat delicious food and see lots of work people in a non-work context, which is always awesome. as we were leaving i said, "that was a lot of fun," and AWD said, "i thought so, too," and that, my friends, is the mark of a good party. to be sure.