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Life goes on, and I've immersed myself into my work, which is good. I've been helping take the load off of the interior designer until she hires a couple of people to ease her burden. And I think my bosses told everyone else to give me extra work too, as I've been swamped--doing everything from accounting, to extra field support. Plus I have to plan our company holiday lunch, which has been a fun diversion. In the past they have rotated between two restaurants, and I decided I'd spice things up a bit by choosing a different place.

When I broached the subject with my boss it went something like this.

I said "I was thinking we should do something different for a holiday party this year...I found a nice Tapas ('tä-päs) place that I thought would be fun."

My boss looked surprised and confused, as if I had really lost it from the fertility treatments, and said "TOPLESS?!?"

He thought the guys would really like the Topless place, but wasn't sure about the few girls here. I played a long for a bit, and said, "Well they have great chicken there." He looked really surprised then, and asked how I knew that! At that point I figured I better get back to the Tapas restaurant.

When I explained it was a Tapas restaurant, (a Spanish version of Dim Sum), he liked that idea as well, and thought it sounded like a safer bet. It was too funny though.