J leaving

I have known J for 17 years.
She's a sweet lady and someone at work I admired.  She is professional and diplomatic and generally, isn't a problem starter who cannot behave herself.  We need more people like that in the world, and at work.  I wish her much success in her post retirement plans! 

We reserved a long table at Matt's El Rancho back in December.  
Her grown kids came - that was super nice. 

Unfortunately, they had to sit apart from our very long and very full table.  Bummer.

I like eating there - we've always gotten good food and good service. But I don't think everyone did...not sure how J and her family felt about their meals! I heard a couple of complaints here and there, but I was there strictly to say Good Luck to J, and I knew I would be eating dinner later with the fam.

I had a fab time.  I got to leave work a few hours early, got to sit next to C, who is a very fun person when she drinks, got my Mexican Martini paid for by a nice person, ate a few chips, then left to buy Chinese food for my peeps.

Some people from work seem like they are tightly wound no matter where they are...

In general, the people who show up to these sorts of events are my kind of folks.  They want to be happy and have fun.  They appreciate that the person on the receiving end is someone who has given a big chunk of their life to their job, and they want to let that person know they will be missed.  I think its lovely.  I hope someday the people I have enjoyed working with will come to my retirement dinner...