Last week I cooked a full Christmas dinner for our expat staff and visitors. In total that meant fitting 12 people round our 6 person table. We managed to borrow a table and amazingly only needed 1 extra set of cutlery. I took the afternoon off work to prepare the food. All was going well despite the fact that we had no electricity or water. At 5.30pm the electrician finally turned up. At 5.50pm he fixed the power and the lights came on. I let out a whoop, which he heard from outside and then proceeded to ask for a ridiculously high fee. When I questioned it he looked at me smiling and said, “But look at the difference I have made.” He was definitely a good salesman. At that point to be honest I would have paid him anything as I was so relieved to have power back.. But I still managed to negotiate half the price he asked for. The evening was a complete success. It was so much fun to introduce our expat staff of different nationalities to English Christmas traditions such as pigs in blankets.
Today we have had our full staff Christmas celebrations. We started the day with Christmas devotions. Following devotions we had a special visitor drop in to distribute our secret santa gifts. Then this afternoon was our staff family Christmas party. The staff love having the opportunity to introduce us to their husbands, wives and kids.
Now I’m ready to get on a plane and spend Christmas with my family.
Looks great Jodi. You are brilliant bosses! Your Santa was a bit trim thought, he needs to eat more mince pies I think. See you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx