{"id":293,"date":"2008-12-07T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:37:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:37:06","slug":"dancing-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Teresa and Michael<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The highlight of the week was last night’s Christmas party sponsored by the employee association – nicely done at an events hall, complete with dinner, drinks and a band. I was pretty impressed with the band because they played anything from Mexican to country to KC and the Sunshine Band. We had a fun time! John looked great in his tux and red cumberbund. For a few more photos, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We were fairly social this week – Monday night we were at Ryan and Lara’s across the street to plan our upcoming neighborhood posada <\/em>party.<\/p>\n

Wednesday night I went to a baby shower for a girl in the office. It was mostly the sweet local staff, and I always love being around them. You learn all the real office gossip that way!<\/p>\n

Friday night we went to happy hour with some other officers at a swanky new restaurant near the Consulate – it was fun to unwind after a full 5-day work week.<\/p>\n

Work is getting into a slightly better routine and the amount of OT we have to work seems to be declining.<\/p>\n

John and I made two runs into El Paso this week – once Thursday night to buy a tux shirt for him, and again yesterday morning to buy a few Christmas gifts. The stores weren’t nearly as crowded as I thought they would be. We had a nice lunch at the Greenery at the mall – a good respite. They have a good brisket salad with red onions, avocado, and cilantro – yum yum.<\/p>\n

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