Dear diary,

I went to my work’s Christmas party, for the first time in a few years. It actually turned out to be a fun one, because the meat and cheese platter was very good! The other food was pretty average though, so I didn’t eat any of that except for what I thought was an omelette, which actually turned out to be cold, almost soggy polenta :(

The meat and cheese was very good because it featured King Island Dairy – specifically their Stormy Washed Rind, which is absolutely lovely, as well as one of their blue cheeses. I’m fairly sure it wasn’t Roaring Forties because that stuff is deliciously strong, whereas this one was more creamy? Plus not only did they have prosciutto, but also serrano! I love serrano more than prosciutto.

The most fun part was that I learned how to gamble! We were handed play money as soon as we entered, and I got shown the roulette table, which got boring pretty quickly. The other table, was blackjack. The croupier taught me how to play but alas, I couldn’t count!!! Years of not needing to do any mental arithmetic meant that I couldn’t even add up card numbers, so they had to tell me what my cards were adding to every time. It even got to the point where the croupier tested me and asked me to say what value I had!!!

It was way fun though. I think because it has some probability theory involved, plus everyone at the table was super fun and friendly, so I kept losing all my chips :D Not sure how others were winning though! Plus there were way more rules than I could understand at the time, like what the dealer has to do if they hit certain values etc.

YAY I LEARNED SOMETHING that is not safe to do in real life cause I’d turn into an addict lol