Darcy's Paris Blog

Mike goes to Stockholm, and a very late work dinner

This morning I took Mike to the airport on the way to work; he’s going to Stockholm for an internal NI conference for a few days. Good for him, though – as long as he’s over there, it’s good to see another country/city. I was super-tired at work; I think all my partying is catching up with me. At work I had a discussion with Frederick about the work environment, and that I needed his support to get more things done that are on my agenda. That was good, and certainly a discussion that needed to happen. After work I was supposed to have dinner at the home of the newly-appointed marketing manager, but by 6:25 when I hadn’t heard from him, I left the office. I was secretly hoping he’d forgotten, since I was exhausted, and since we made the plans so long ago, I thought it was a possibility. But nope, at 6:35 my phone rang. Bummer. I was already on the A1 heading home into Paris, so I entered his address into the car’s GPS to try to find a route there. Apparently the BMW likes to take the super-trafficked scenic route, since I didn’t pull up to Marc’s house until 8:00. Granted, it’s outside the city, but they were still shocked at how long it took to get there. He and his wife are lovely, as are their two little kids, but with two kids to put to bed and after several courses of food, I didn’t leave until just after midnight. I was certainly hoping for an earlier night, but the dinner and the company were both great, and they were super-generous, so what more can you ask for…

posted by Darcy @ 10:40 PM