Putter there

Today was our company outing to Randalls Island, just across the bridge from Manhattan, and it was actually a lot of fun. I got to work around 8:30, answered a few e-mails — fewer than I would have liked — and then I set my away message and headed downstairs to hop on the bus.

We arrived a little before ten and were left mostly to our own devices, with a driving range, batting cage, bean bag toss, and lots of other games available. There was also a short relay race — one leg a sack race, another a three-legged race, the third an egg-and-spoon race with lemons standing in for the eggs — and a dodgeball “tournament,” both of which I just watched. I played some miniature golf with my co-workers, enjoyed a decent lunch, and got to leave work early when we returned to the office around 3.

Meanwhile, much ado about Hurricane Irene, expected to hit us sometime tomorrow into Sunday. It’s unclear just how bad it’s going to get, but we should be safe, at worst losing power for a little while. We’re hoping even that doesn’t happen, though, and we’re far enough from the coast not to be in any of the evacuation areas. We’re also not dependent on public transportation over the weekend, so we won’t be impacted by NYC shutting that down until Monday, when everything should hopefully have returned to normal.

To think that in a week from now, I will be in the Canadian Rockies…

2 thoughts on “Putter there

  1. An office dodgeball tournament sounds wonderfully cathartic and somewhat foolhardy at the same time. Who hasn’t wanted to whip a Nerf ball at the cubicle mate who eats raw carrots at nine am?

    And yet…the next week’s staff meeting would probably be filled with ugly accusations. I think you were wise to sit it out.

    • Well, it was all for the charity of the winning team’s choice, so there was incentive. But I found sitting on the sidelines sipping my lemonade to be equally, if not more, fun.

      Who hasn’t wanted to whip a Nerf ball at the cubicle mate who eats raw carrots at nine am?

      Well that seems awfully specific… 😉

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