Cold Turkey

Literally.

One of the things I love most about my job is getting to plan all of the office events....from our summer picnic to our holiday party to random and miscellaneous events and surprises for the entire office throughout the entire year. It's SO MUCH FUN!!!

It's the hostess/nurturer in me. I love having parties. I love hosting people. I love providing opportunties for people to build relationship and have fun together. And, I especially enjoy having food be the unifying factor. It's so wonderously enjoyable to me. (In fact, right now, I'm sort of frustrated with how small my house is...because I can't have people over to eat...or at least not many, since I don't even have room for a dining room table.)

So, today, we had a "Thanksgiving Potluck" at the office. You know...because we're all not going to be eating enough rich and fattening food between now and January. :)

I was SOOO excited about this little party. It was just over the lunch hour but I still was really excited....that there was a carved out time for the entire office to hang out together and eat some yummy food. Everything was planned perfectly. People all brought food to share and I ordered turkey and ham from the Honey Baked Ham store. So yummy.

But, my excitement turned to tears when the meat was delivered. It was supposed to be hot food...hot turkey, hot juicy ham. But, instead, it was cold. More like lunch meat or leftovers or something. I was so disappointed...I actually started tearing up. It was like "here's the unifying factor for the entire meal...and it's cold. It's ruined." I was so upset.

And, it's just silly...because, really it was fine. It still tasted good. Everyone had a good time. Most people said they were expecting cold turkey anyway. It was FINE. But, it ruined the whole thing for me because I really had a vision in my head about how the entire meal was supposed to be.

I do feel sort of ridiculous now. But, the whole experience just highlighted how much I really love doing these things...and making the environments perfect for people. And, actually makes me want to do more and more. Gosh, I dream of the days that I have the big family holidays in my house...with lots of people, fun traditions, etc. If/when I become a mother, I want to be the mom whose house all the neighborhood kids come to hang out at. Hmmmm.....