I have been going out without the family several times lately.  It was my pharmacy holiday party last Wednesday, and it was at the Maggiano’s.  We had one of the private room, and there were > 60 of us there.  It was nice to chatting with some of them, and I think I did not even get to talk with more than half of the people there.  We had a photo booth and we did a White Elephant gift exchange.  This was the biggest White Elephant I ever tried and it was definitely challenging to keep track of the opened gifts.  Everyone had a fun and enjoyable evening.  I managed to be home to say goodnight to the boys.

    Last Sunday, Kathy, Robyn, Julie, Theresa, Thuy and I all gathered to celebrate Michelle’s upcoming birthday at a restaurant in Pruneyard.  I picked up Kathy first and we met up at the restaurant.  It had been a long time since I had seen many of them, so it was great catching up with everyone.  During the evening we enjoyed some cocktails, wine and trying many tasty dishes.  It was good time seeing them and the hours went by quickly.  By the time I came home, the boys had gone to bed.

    I joined the nephrology group for their holiday party at an Italian restaurant in Los Gatos last night.  Nephrology had decided not to join in with the Kaiser Subspecialty party and instead to have their own, therefore, it was an intimate small group at the restaurant, only 13 of us.  I really did not know the doctors or medical assistants well, but the other pharmacist, Lan, and I felt that we should attend.  Many of us enjoyed some cocktails, and all had a nice full meal.  Some of docs were quite wild and interesting, and the conversation was quite funny at times.  The evening turned from initially uncomfortable to a pleasant evening.  It was good to get to know many of them better too.  The doctors split the bills to treat all of us.  By the time I came home it was late, but I was instructed to go into the kids rooms to give the boys a kiss while they slept.

     The boys always pick to have pizza, and sometimes Stuart might throw in a movie night when I am out, so the boys look forward to me going out.  There will be one more night next week with my own medicine moduler on Wednesday.  I think the boys might get tired of pizza soon, Stuart is.