Vrinda agreed to watch the boys so Stuart and I could attend the Medicine holiday party last Saturday.  The boys were so excited with the plan and they asked if we could pick them up late.  We dropped them off at 5:30pm, and shortly after we headed over to Hayes Mansion.  It was drizzling a bit and we forgot to bring umbrella, but fortunately we managed to walk in without getting too wet.  Theresa and Martin arrived just right after us.  This was a big party with close to 300 people.  Everybody at the party dressed up nicely and I almost did not recognize some people from my medicine department.  After some appetizers and wine, we were let into the dining hall.  Theresa, Martin and us sat with the three other pharmacists and their spouses to fill up the table.  Throughout the evening, we enjoyed the buffet and drinks while watching the game the hosts were playing with the crowd.  By 9pm, the dancing began.  We did not join the dance as we were getting ready to leave.  Before we did, our group gathered to take some pictures at the Christmas tree first.  The evening was nice and it was definitely fun to get dressed up.

      When we arrived at the Gopals, Rohan, Logan and Connor had so much fun that they were not ready to go.  So we sat down with Nanda and Vrinda to chat for awhile before we finally headed home for a very late night.  

     Wednesday was the final holiday dinner for work, and this was with my own medicine department.  The dinner was late at Black Angus at 6:45pm, so I had time to come home to get dinner for the family first.  After I arrived at the restaurant, our Chief wanted everyone to mingle and he randomly arranged us to sit in the booths.  I moved over to sit with a couple of the doctors who were chatty and who I know the most, so our booth had a good time chatting away.  During the evening, our entire group played a game; everyone wrote a couple clues of ourselves and the group tried to guess the person.  In between we also did our Secret Santa exchange and later took a big group picture.  We enjoyed the dinner meal with some nice wine as well.  I ended up staying until I was one of the last to leave.  This fun evening concluded all the holiday dinners with my new workplace.