Thoughts And Recollections Of A Tree Spirit

Christmas Party Debauchery

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

After my birthday bash the previous night we had less than twelve hours to sleep and recover before starting all over again. Plateau Tree Service had their christmas party on the Sunday at 12.30pm and where else but back at the Surf Rock again!

We were going to walk but the weather was absolutely foul so we drove round to Sol and Jodie’s who live about the same distance as us but in the opposite direction. We had been invited round there for pre-party drinks and hoped that the rain would ease before leaving. As it happens it didn’t but Jodie wasn’t drinking so she drove the girls (Sparky and Bryony had also joined us) and the lads made do with umbrellas.

It was really lovely to see everyone from Plateau again, quite a few I hadn’t seen since I was made redundant back in July. There was free beer (VB), wine and champers and assorted trays of food so obviously the majority of people took full advantage. It wasn’t long before most of us were in varying states of inebriation. I do wonder on the reasons behind having the party on a Sunday arvo as opposed to a Saturday night as everyone had work in the morning (except for me hee hee ha ha) and it didn’t seem as though anyone was letting that thought hold them back at all.

It wasn’t too long before things declined slightly and people started getting thrown out for various mishaps including (more…)