Work has been crazy I spent the last few weeks putting the final touches on the 4th quarter employee meeting for my boss. The quarterly employee meetings are where all of the Houston employees come to hear how Plains is doing in the business. Most of the presentations are created by the CEO, CFO and higher ups, this meeting the employees requested to hear from Operations. That's how I got involved in the project, we decided to create a video and power point presentation on "A day in the life of a field operator." I helped my boss put this together and she and two our our field guys from Louisiana gave the presentation. Thankfully it turned out great and the employees really enjoyed it. In fact it was liked so much they have asked us to do a series of other presentations.
Enough of work on to the good stuff; that Friday we met up with some friends for dinner at a local Tex-Mex restaurant, after dinner we went back to the casa to relax and hang out. The next morning I was up bright and early to start preparing for the Christmas party I was hosting that evening. For dinner I made brisket, spiral honey ham, beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, cookies, puppy chow, and rolls. All of the food turned out well, it was just a tedious process getting there. I spent most of my day watching football and cooking. Everyone started arriving around 7 and we had a good turn out, after dinner we watched the OU vs OSU game and played some Kinect games.
Sunday turned into the most epic relaxing, lazy day I have had in a while. After church Chris, Caleb, and I ate some left overs and watched movies all day. It was rainy and miserable so it was a perfect day to stay inside and be lazy. This last week was another busy week at work, catching up on all the stuff we missed while preparing for the meeting. Thankfully I got everything caught up and ready for the Christmas parties that were to ensue that weekend.
Thursday night was our Operations Christmas party. It was held at a New Orleans style jazz club downtown. It turned out to be a great party, we rented out the top floor of the club and had a catered dinner. It was a great setting to be able to talk to all the guys in the field that you don't see very often. Friday my boss gave us the day off so I was able to run a bunch of errands that I needed to finish up. That night was our work Christmas Party, this is where all the Houston employees get together and celebrate. Its a large function with lots of food, dancing, music, and casino activities. After the party ended we met some friends up in Midtown for some drinks.
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| The live Jazz band at the Ops Christmas Party |
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| Chris and I before the Christmas party |
Saturday I was up early getting ready for my girls to come into town. We normally try to have a girls weekend once a month, but with everyone's busy schedules its been impossible to do. We were final able to set a date when everyone could make it. The girls each arrived at different times and we just hung out at the house, ate, talked and played games. For dinner we went down the street to get some pizza and wine. That evening we stayed up playing dance central on the kinect and taboo. Its been a while since I have laughed that hard, needless to say it was a much needed an awesome girls weekend. I hope everyone has a wonderful week....and remember its only a few more weeks until Christmas!
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| A few of the girls Liz, Darleen, Ashleigh |
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| Myself and Mrs Ashton! |
Until next time...
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