Sheep shearing & promoting homosexuality- just another week in London...

Randomness from across the pond:

On the personal front- we had two good weekends- two weeks ago we celebrated Stuart's big 2-9 with a loungy night on the town. Then a few days later we welcomed Peggy & Joy to town. We all worked together on the recruiting team back in the US. They were here as part of a whirlwind trip through Europe. JP & I took them on an impromptu pub crawl on Friday night and ended the night playing Kerplunk on our living room floor. Saturday the girls braved the rain and Harrods on a Saturday (I don't know which is worse) and then that same night we met out friends in Soho for dinner and drinks. Sunday was more sight seeing. Like always, it is fun to have friends in from the US- it is a little piece of home. Plus- they brought salsa with them- plenty of it to get us through the hump until we can have copious amounts of it when we come home next month.

As the title states, I also did something quite interesting last week- I sheared a sheep. Why you might ask? (or how, or where, I know...) well, it started with an email requesting that I join a co-worker to go check out an event next to our building. It ended with the two of us, clippers in hand, shearing the wool off a sheep. Instead of explaining in full detail (JP tells me my blog entries are too long) I will just say that during my lunch hour last Friday, with the help of the champion sheep shearer from New Zealand, I learned how to sheer a little lamb. Then I promptly went back upstairs, washed my hands, and attended my 2pm meeting. How is that for another day at the office?

Finally, on another aside, this job in the diversity arena always proves more entertaining than any other project I could potentially be on. That is because I have fools who make the most ridiculous comments to me on a daily basis. They say things like "Angie, why don't you have initiatives that promote white men?" and "Angie, you are promoting homosexuality by advertising the firm's gay and lesbian networks" and finally "Angie, there is a danger with supporting our maternity returners (those women who return to work after maternity leave) that the firm can become TOO family friendly."

*Sigh*

All these comments from old white male professionals with no idea what it is like to be in the minority. All these comments made to me in front of other people- exposing their ignorance and fear in a lame attempt to "put me in my place."

Just 9 more months until a return to normalcy. You certainly don't know how good you got it until you leave it.