Launched!!

It all started about 1 1/2 months ago. I was given the sudden news that we were to have the company launch in a month and I had to organise it. My first thought was Gulp!! Never done this before on my own... what should I do?? Where should I start??

The boss told me that I could hire someone for a month to help me out. So I sent out a text to my entire phonebook asking for help!! I actually got a lot of responses from my friends.. kind souls :) .... and then one of my good buddies [and dance teacher :) ]MB said he would be willing to help out. I was absolutely thrilled cos he is so much fun to hang out with and I knew he would be responsible and is someone I could count on. Put the idea across to the big boss (who was kinda disappointed I wasn't hiring a girl but was willing to trust my instincts on this anyway) and we were good to go.

That was the beginning of the mad month to come. The next few weeks were spent ribbon hunting, getting table decor done, designing banners and backdrops, eating lunch in the car in a random car park, going all the way to other end of town to video the entertainment for the event in order to get approval from the management.... and having a whole load of fun in the process.

Im sure I've mentioned before that not everyone at my work place is nice and helpful. In fact most of them were trying to find fault with everything we did and made life a real hassle. Luckily for me MB was around and he made sure I wasn't stressed by what anyone said. He handled things absolutely perfectly and was even way ahead of schedule. I was thanking my lucky stars that he was there. The big boss was also very nice about it all... let us do things the way we wanted... always asked me if I needed more help... and made sure I wasn't overly panicked by anything when I went to him with issues.

I was actually starting to look forward to going to work again and remembered the fun times I used to have with the old team. I once again enjoyed my job and our little department which consisted of me and MB and my other 2 buddies at work had loads of fun. We even nicknamed ourselves the Bear Family :) Yours truly of course was Goldilocks :)

The night before the event I was pretty much a nervous wreck. Didnt help that there was an all island power cut and I had had no sleep and went to work looking and feeling like a zombie. By 1 that afternoon myself, we took off to the hotel. The boys had a heap of work since we decided to do everything - including putting up the backdrop - ourselves in order to cut costs. I knew MB would make sure everything was perfectly done so after a few hours I left the boys to their work and took off to go get my saree draped. When I got back to the hall it all looked so pretty and everything was done.. wow... I couldnt even believe it. It looked absolutely stunning. They had done a super job!!

The guests started pouring in and there were way more people than expected. I was thrilled... the event was turning out to be a success!! By the end of the night, without any food and after a few Mojito's, I was dancing the night away. Me being the only girl did not really affect me in my rather 'high' state.

It was a happening night. Turned out really great and a whole lot more fun than I expected. It was all thanks to MB without whom I would never have been able to organize the event so well. He deserves a big round of applause for all that he did and all that he had to put up with in his month at my office. Today was his last day at work and man am I gonna miss having him around :(

Guess its back to the lonely life at work again...