I'm back! Sorry for no post yesterday, but the hotel we were staying in for the Christmas party had absolutely terrible Wi-Fi and phone reception, and I didn't fancy wandering around the whole building trying to find the single square metre that actually had some sort of wireless reception. Also I was quite drunk and full of food.
It was a good party though. It was nice to meet people I've only met either through Teams video calls or, in some cases, just email messages. The food was good, the open bar was exceedingly dangerous (though I managed to restrain myself sufficiently to escape with neither a hangover this morning nor any vomiting last night) and the company was good. Also no-one minded when I snuck off about 10pm to go and rest in my room for a bit and ended up falling asleep. At least I wasn't the first person to flake out; someone didn't even make it to the meal's main course.
Discovery of the evening was the Espresso Martini, which this place had on tap. I didn't know you could have any sort of Martini on tap, but they had both Espresso Martini and Passion Fruit Martini on tap. I didn't try the latter, but I had several of the former, and they were very nice indeed. I'm not sure what was in them besides the coffee and the vodka — perhaps some sugar syrup, since I saw them squirting something or other into the glass before pouring the actual drink — but they were eminently drinkable, having neither the bitterness of pure espresso nor the acrid unpleasantness of vodka.
I'm no closer to any sort of answer as to why the company Christmas party was in Doncaster when the two main offices are in Bristol and Letchworth (for those unfamiliar with UK geography, Doncaster is pretty much the opposite end of England to those two places) — but it seems like it was something of a tradition, and I wasn't going to complain when travel, accommodation, food and booze were all laid on for us. Very nice.
Anyway, I'm back home now and very much in need of a nice quiet day to myself, so that's exactly what I'm going to do tomorrow. Andie is going to put the Christmas decorations up, but I generally find it's best to just stay out the way when she's doing that. The end result is always worth it!
Hope you all have a pleasant weekend!
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