Today was a very intense day at work. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, we had massive account shifts across the sales organization and it was very difficult on a lot of my reps. I was very busy (and tired) yesterday and didn’t engage much with what my team was going through with account changes, so today, I wanted to make sure I showed up and was involved and invested. I met with each of my seven reps, heard them vent, and also heard specific issues that I needed to escalate. At the end of the day, I packaged everything into an e-mail that sent to my manager. It was an incredibly intense day, especially given the fact that I don’t quite feel 100% yet as it is, but I felt happy about the good work that was done.
At home I took Mary to her piano lesson (with Ammon to make it easier for Lily to cook), and came home to an all-out Harry Potter feast.
Half-way through the day, Lily got the idea to do an all-out Harry Potter feast, and she frantically started cooking. When our guests, the Marshall’s, arrived around 6:40, they jumped in to help finish preparations. It was amazing what dishes Lily was preparing. Lamb, roasted chicken, acorn squash, coli-flower with Indian seasoning, and pumpkin pasteys. Everything was soooooo good. The kids played Harry Potter movies leading up to the meal, and Eli was over for everything as well and even helped in the kitchen, as did the other kids (here is a video of Ammon helping). Eli was adorable in the kitchen. When Chelsea arrived and asked me what she could do, I wasn’t quite sure, but Eli chimed right in and told her what to do, and even told her she was a fast learner. I was busy making butter beer. It was intense. Imagine adding tons of butter, brown sugar, and cream to cream soda….wow, it was like a buttery sugar shot to the veins, but it was quite yummy. Everything was so delicious. Lily did such an amazing job. The roast chicken was my favorite.
It was so fun talking to the Marshall’s. They are such wonderful, warm and delightful friends, and their kids play so well with ours.
The dinner also meant a lot to me spiritually. Before dating Lily, I had a dream about her hosting friends and family to fabulous home-cooked meal, and making everyone feel happy, warm, and welcome with food and laughter. That dream gave me a peak into what my future would be like with Lily, and I was taken aback to reflect on that dream as I was living it out in real time with her. Lily is such a beautiful, welcoming, creative and fun soul. We all had such a great time. Thank you sweetie!! Here are pictures!
(Mary attended a birthday party during the day)
(Ammon, who seems to be accident prone, is the only one who had his butter beer spontaneously combust)
