Weekend party update
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| Mon, 02-12-2007 - 10:11am |
Really not much news this time... this was another work party... a going away party for the News Director... He said in his invitation that it "wasn't going to be as wild as some of the other parties he heard about"... no doubt refering to the last party.
There was a distinct early crowd and late crowd... Among the early crowd were those that arrived at 7 pm (most of them married couples) that left around 9:30 - 10 pm. I showed up at 9 pm so I kinda crossed over... A later crowd started arriving at 10:30 and stayed past midnight. Overall, I am disappointed with myself... I could have been more social. Like I said, I mingled once but then couldn't find my "crowd". I stayed til midnight and left. Much more the "quiet one" than the "dance-on-the-counters one" from the last party. Yes, I heard the comments and jokingly assessed the counter top, but it just wasn't that kind of party.
My other party this weekend was my daughter's 4 yr birthday. We had a blast... I bought a castle pinata, and sprinkles for her cake, and princess crowns. I took lots of pictures and had loads of fun.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
LB

Loony, I think being the quiet one at a company party is not a bad thing! You know you wished you had mingled more, so next time, deliberately do that. You don't have to be wild to be outgoing and friendly. You don't have to dance on tables for people to remember you.
I still can't imagine any work party for me where I'm acting in any way that I wouldn't normally act at work. I'm very social, outgoing, and friendly, but I certainly wouldn't want anyone to have anything other than a professional opinion of me. Outside of work is a whole different story, but I don't act that differently out of work than I do in it- either way, I'm still me.
Perhaps part of it for me is that I'm the youngest person at my job. I have to try harder than a lot of people in order to be taken seriously, simply because of my age. I also find it hilariously funny that my bosses and coworkers think I live a party-girl, wild and free lifestyle- ONLY because of my age. I tell them all the time that if my social life were HALF as active as they think it is, I wouldn't have time to work 50+ hours per week- never mind all of the other stuff I do!
Anyhow, glad you had fun with your daughter's birthday party, and maybe next time you'll be more "out there" at a party.
Moody, the crazy one at work- but not THAT crazy!
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I'm disappointed because I "tried" to deliberately mingle at this party.... but just wasn't feeling it. Ya know... I sometimes get in that mood... I just don't think of anything to say even though I'm not trying to be unsocial. Frustrating. A few people said to me "you're being quiet." Like that was an awful thing. I did good in the beginning but ran out of things to say. Felt like I was just standing around while everyone else was talking... I probably wasn't that bad and I'm being hard on myself.
Won't stop me from going to the next party.
Don't be hard on yourself - not every party is one that you can mingle and have fun all night long. It IS a challenge to go to parties by yourself and if you did mingle once around the room that is great.
Your 4 year old's party sounds like it was a blast!!
It was a quiet weekend here for me. I went to a running race and had a good race. Chatted with a few people.