Union party

Last night was the union party for the firefighters, and Chuck hosted it at his place. I intended to arrive early and help him prepare, but I couldn't drop Sean off until late afternoon. Traffic was awful. I got there and Chuck had everything ready except the cranberry sauce. So I made that. Whoo hoo, lot of help.

He is an absolute wonder. I couldn't believe how much food he had prepared all by himself. There was some kind of beef, though I'm not a meat person so I don't know what it was, maybe a roast? He had some delicious mashed potatoes, a salad, a relish tray and a veggie tray and cooked broccoli. He even baked some cookies! He used to work in restaurants and even ran the line, he said. (Have I said he's a fireman, and he can cook, and I really like him?) I took my camera, but was in such a rush I forgot I had the battery in the charger on the wall. No pics.

There was no drinking until the shift guys left, and then people really just drank light and no one got crazy. I realized how much I miss being around fun people who banter and joke around. My life has been so serious in the past six years or so.

It was about 9 and four couples, including us, and one guy went up to the loft to play an 80s game. I was horrible at it, even though I'm a child of the 80s. Most of the questions were about music, and I really wasn't that into the music. The music I like wasn't the music in the questions. Ask me about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers or Dire Straits and I could probably answer, but I guess they aren't technically 80s bands.
It was a lot of fun, though. We weren't dead last, but close. Others seemed to know a LOT about the 80s. I enjoyed meeting the other couples and a few of the guys were really funny and made it enjoyable.

That game went on forever. I think it was midnight when we were finished, and I helped clean up until 12:30 a.m. or later, maybe it was 1 a.m., I can't remember.

His house is for sale, and wouldn't you know someone was coming today to look at it. Of course, the day after a big party. We worked fast and hard to get everything cleaned up.

I asked him, "What are we going to do after Christmas, when there's no party and nowhere to go?" Snuggle and talk, he said. Ahh, and that sounds great to me.