Heat wave

Last week* my team had a shindig with the published materials team at work. And, yes, shindig is the official term, because I'm the one who came up with the shindigs and I decided that is their official title. Basically, since we had one our biannual reorganizations, we're all broken up and siloed and I had been kicking around the idea of having a get together with each of the other teams so that my team would know other people (which they desperately need, as they don't really know any of them from before the reorganization and because I just decided that's how it should be. Call me a rebel.) and I was talking to a friend on another team and he mentioned that we need more treats at work. So, on my lunch break, I picked up some treats and we had a spur of the moment get together. After that, I made them more official, with actual calendar invites and by about the 3rd one, I decided the official name of them was going to be shindigs. And major props to my boss, who has let me run with it and has pitched in with bringing the goodies. 

Anyway, this last week I brought ice cream bars and stuff because the whole planet is having a heat wave and we are not exempt. And it is just too darn hot. I always go overboard when I do this sort of thing because I'm so terrified of running out of treats, so I had 6 boxes of different kinds of treats. For, maybe a dozen people? Lots of variety, though, so everyone would be happy.

And maybe more of those treats would have been eaten, but my boss (remember, the cool guy who just goes along with this whole scheme of mine?) brought pastries from an Argentinian bakery, which obviously were way cooler. There was some ice cream eating, too, but let's just say there were a lot of leftovers.

Well, I forgot to take them home that night, so the next day I told a group of friends (3-4) that they were still down in the freezer. And basically, all week long we were having ice cream breaks, which was SUPER fantastic. Definitely the way to live life in a hot July when you have to go to work. 

Basically, that was the best thing about this week and if you have a rough week--or an easy one, or a normal one, or a weird one**--coming up, I recommend ice cream parties. 

*or this week, depending on when you start a week? My calendars all have Sunday as the first day, so I'm going with last week. But Sunday is also the last day of the weekend, so if it is ending the week, how can it be the start of a week, all of which proves that time is dumb.

**Totally unrelated to anything, but there's a conference room at work where someone has written on the white board: "Have a nice day!" and then they crossed out nice. It makes me laugh every time I see it and also gives me a confidence boost because that is something I can definitely achieve.