So the company picnic was today…it was pretty cool. I met some families of some people that I hadn’t had the opportunity at the past picnics to meet the families of, which was neat. Definitely gives you a better idea who people are as a whole and not just within the confines of the context of work.
Played a little volleyball…got a little sunburned, so I went to find someone with sunscreen to borrow. After walking around a while I saw this lady with a couple little kids, who I asked if I could borrow some sunscreen from. And while I was putting it on, back comes the dad–and much to my surprise, it turns out to be someone I knew–a really upbeat friendly fellow who I run into at the picnic table at lunch sometimes. He had thought that somehow I’d seen him over there earlier or something and had come over to talk. But no…it was just luck (if you could call it that). He’s such an upbeat guy, and his wife and kids were soooo sweet, so it was great to meet them.
And then there was massive Uno playing too. Apparently that’s THE game to play lately everywhere I go…which is fine by me, I like the game. In fact, I have an Uno deck. D., whom I know from the softball team at work, was totally prepared, had a card table, folding chairs, Uno, and a friend she sings gospel choir with (who knew she sings in a church choir? Isn’t that cool the things you learn at company picnics). D. had some cool “club rules” to play–where you can play a draw two on a draw two instead of drawing and it passes it to the next person who either has to put down a draw two or they have to draw four and so on…so they are cumulative till someone doesn’t have one to play and has to draw…leading to amusing results like having to draw 10 cards…and we were playing “infinite draw” (no passing after two cards that are the wrong color) so the games lasted foooorever. We only played three rounds and D. won every round. J. (friend who works in another division) and C. (who I also know from the softball team) joined us for a round or two also. More fun with five than with three!