1/10/20 NM, MKate's cast party

Got to NM to find a mess. Matt was really sick with a bad headache and etc. The front register was broken, leaving us with only the 2nd register. This meant that the person checking people out had to go between register 2 and register 1 --for every sale. Even for a person in perfect health it would have been a long day. For me the extra walking was very hard, and very tiring.

By the time the day was over, I was exhausted. The day went well, but I was not ready to go to the party.

MKate has spent the past month getting ready for the store Christmas Party which always takes place in January. I wasn't about to miss it.

I rested until my ankle felt better and then Luke and I were off to party land. I got a cute large gift bag that held all the many pairs of socks. I put the gift certificate to MKate and Jeff's fav restaurant--Oakleys.

When I got to MKate and Jeff's house, people were already eating their salads. No problem. I ate two salads and was ready for the main dish right along with everyone else. I'm a rabbit.

The salad was yum with walnuts and dried cranberries.

The main dish was MKate's special herb rubbed fish with Jeff's pasta bake, and veggies. Lots of sweet, delicious carrots. I had a little ham as well for flavor. And I didn't go too far off my diet--if you don't count 2 glasses of white wine. This wine was really great.

MKate surprised everyone with a fun game. Everyone picked a number. Starting with 1 people got to choose a gift from a plastic tub. Gag gifts. If you didn't like your gift, you could force an exchange with someone else. A lot of fun.

Dessert was amazing. Key lime pie with home made whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. The best.

I presented the gifts to MKate. The shakti started to flow. You could see it. Three people in the room had Bapuji's darshan. The atmosphere heated up. People started laughing in that special way. Then Luke played his violin, which he never does at parties. He wanted to honor these very giving and very special people.