Work Function

Horror story from last night:

I had to attend this work function last night, a big fancy cocktails/dinner type deal. I absolutely hate these types of things - these are my big social situation fear, especially when you don't know too many people. See there were a lot of people from the hospital there that I know; however, the majority of the guests were these bigwig donors (like multi-millionaires). Everyone was sipping their colorful cocktails, and I kind-of panicked because it was one of those events where the drinks were brought around by cute little waitresses, and since I can't drink, I just kind-of stood around feeling a little awkward. There were some people who spoke and there was entertainment, and that was really nice. There was a fountain in the middle of the floor, and some lady fell in! That was kinda funny, especially because she was some fancy rich lady and she was drenched from head to toe.

Now, I hate "mingling" and will usually cling to a small group or at least one person that I know. Well, that wasn't really possible at this event and I kind-of got nervous and just keep walking all over the place.

Then it was time for dinner, and I don't even know what they were serving but the smell of it made me want to puke everywhere, so I decided I should just take off. I had stayed for the formal festivities and I felt completely out of place, so I found my purse, handed over my valet ticket and took off...

Oh wait, I forgot a really funny part... I have to park like a million miles away from my office at work, so last night I was heading out the parking garage and then going to the party. Well, I changed into my comfy flipflops for the walk to the parking garage. I got to the party, started to get out of the car for the valet to park it, when I realized I still had my flipflops on. Had to like intervene quickly and steel my heels out of the car before the valet took off. Slightly embarassing, but I don't think anyone really saw me.

Those kinds of things just are not my cup of tea. Sure the place was gorgeous with an absolutely amazing view of the lake, and yeah, everything was all fancy and fun. But the people. I just felt so out of place. I cannot "schmooze" very well, and just going up to random people and introducing yourself just doesn't feel right to me.

And yeah, I'm not really telling people at work that I'm pregnant for a LONG time and so I didn't want to end up getting sick there. I think all in all leaving was the best decision.