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Getting in the spirit...
Dec. 21st, 2014 09:09 pmI've been aware for several weeks that Galina's broker friend Gisela was throwing a Christmas shindig, but I was not aware until yesterday morning that it was being held last night.
The subject came up in the context of a news report on the TV, to the effect that this year's flu vaccine was turning out to be of limited effectiveness because the strain of bug that's actually going around—and it's rather prevalent here in the South—is different from the one the vaccine was developed to fight, and more severe to boot. This prompted me to wonder out loud if I should make an effort to avoid public places, seeing as I'm going to undergo surgery soon after the New Year.
In the end, I went with Galina, and had a pretty good time. I set myself a private goal of remembering everyone's first name (and was largely successful), the people were interesting, and the snacks and refreshments were just right.
We got home after 11 pm, but I wasn't ready to go to bed, so I stayed up to watch a documentary titled Until They Are Home, narrated by Kelsey Grammar, about the US military's ongoing search for missing service members, with the focus of the documentary being on recovery efforts on Betio Island (the site of the Battle of Tarawa in 1943). I was surprised to learn that Eddie Albert, the actor, was a participant in that battle and, as the driver of a landing craft, rescued nearly 50 (and helped rescue 30 more) Marines in the waters off the island all while exposed to machine-gun fire.
* * * I've been keeping to my self-imposed schedule for returning assignments, which is always a good thing. I will have to make sure I get some items done this week so as to start the New Year off on a proper footing.
Cheers...
The subject came up in the context of a news report on the TV, to the effect that this year's flu vaccine was turning out to be of limited effectiveness because the strain of bug that's actually going around—and it's rather prevalent here in the South—is different from the one the vaccine was developed to fight, and more severe to boot. This prompted me to wonder out loud if I should make an effort to avoid public places, seeing as I'm going to undergo surgery soon after the New Year.
In the end, I went with Galina, and had a pretty good time. I set myself a private goal of remembering everyone's first name (and was largely successful), the people were interesting, and the snacks and refreshments were just right.
We got home after 11 pm, but I wasn't ready to go to bed, so I stayed up to watch a documentary titled Until They Are Home, narrated by Kelsey Grammar, about the US military's ongoing search for missing service members, with the focus of the documentary being on recovery efforts on Betio Island (the site of the Battle of Tarawa in 1943). I was surprised to learn that Eddie Albert, the actor, was a participant in that battle and, as the driver of a landing craft, rescued nearly 50 (and helped rescue 30 more) Marines in the waters off the island all while exposed to machine-gun fire.
Cheers...
