Long pants and open house

 

I really believe the abnormal weather we're currently experiencing here in Salt Lake saved my butt as far as attending the assist open house today in Salt Lake City. Remember I was worried about having to wear long pants, I know this is my decision, but still it's something I haven't done for some time. Thank goodness for Melissa, my CNA she helped put me together the rest of the way with the white shirt she found in my closet and the sweater that was also hanging up in the closet which is hardly ever been worn. I was kind of messed up actually because it was difficult putting the sweater over the shirt but I think I got it mostly done okay and by the time I got to the Assist office I still look fairly decent. Had the weather been cold as it usually is this year I think I would have been much more frazzled looking to be honest. By the time I got to the assist office it was just a little bit before the time the event was supposed to start but the food and everything is already placed out and a very inviting. It was your basic finger foods brought in by various members of the staff and other folks who like to contribute to this kind of stuff. Think the main Bell Affair was empanadas made by Andreas and your other pieces of holiday Fair cookies for instance, lots of Olives cold cut rolls that can be cut into mini sandwiches using the cold cuts another items on the tables there are cinnamon rolls this year which was very nice and many other delicious little Delicacies that tend to surface during holiday open houses. I was still a little nervous about the presentation they wanted me to do. They didn't give me any structure or anything and I basically decided I was just going to wing it but as I visited this folks who arrived earlier many of whom I've worked for decades here in Salt Lake I was able to form some kind of a verbal document that somehow turned into a fairly decent presentation at least that's what I'm told. There's a lot of head nodding from the director as well as for my friend Andreas so I think I touched all the bases I got the program that I work with covered fairly well more stammering than I would have liked but that certainly gives up the flare of authenticity that goes well with these kind of events. I don't think a lot of people would really tanked up on the wine yet so they heard what they heard and not the filtered version which is kind of too bad LOL. The previous director always shows up to these events he does really well and he and I are fairly well connected to each other and it was interesting to have him there validating everything I said brought back a lot of memories and this kind of event does that especially this time of year. Had I had any wine before my presentation it would have been really mopey and sad. As it was however I left while the event was still in high progress I had to cross the street over to the train station to catch my train home. It's dark of course this time of year very early and even though it's only like 6:30 feels like it's 9:00 and I'm going home all alone. I still had to catch two buses after the first bus the distance between that bus stop and home is fairly short so I just drove home the rest of the way. All Things Considered I think I