I've always said that I dont like to fly to or through Chicago in the winter. No one ever really listened to me. Guess they will now. Scary!

Our gigantic company holiday party was last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom. And if you know that venue, you know it's huge. Yep, there were over 3000 people there. Quite a party....and a lot of drunk people. It was free booze after all. I had my one drink and then watched people makes absolute fools out of themselves. I guess that tends to happen when our CEO sends out a company email inviting us to the party and saying "what happens at the holiday party, stays at the holiday party." Yikes. There were co-workers doing dirty sorts of dances together that I'm sure turned into waking up in an unknown bed. It happens every year....and there were all sorts of married people doing things they shouldnt have been doing. See, only employees are allowed in the very tight security party. Guess the party wasnt that secure because I smelled pot smoke all night long. Not many people are really working today...some may be blaming it on the snow storm, but I think otherwise. I'm still waiting to hear any gossip about the big scandal this year...there's always at least one! One year a mail delivery person had a big ole bitch fest to the face of the company president. That was fun. She's not deliverying mail anymore...never saw her again, in fact.

We also received our annual holiday gift from the company. Last year, we got cute pajamas...strange, yes, but cute. And this year, we got a man-purse. It's not too feminine and could double as a man-purse. They left the tag on it...seems like it's worth $95. Everyone was greatly impressed of the value. But then I started thinking about the article I just read in New York Magazine about Goldman Sachs and the bonuses they receive. I bet they would laugh at our man-purses. Read that article and you will wish you were just an executive assistant with the amount of bonus they get.