Hey! Over Here! Remember Us?!

So let's cut to the chase. We didn't intend to go for so long without posting. It just kind of... happened. Which is a shame because dang have we had some good discussions in the past six months! But we all agreed that we could extend a little more effort to bring back the blogging. So in that spirit, let me get everyone caught up on personnel changes in the past six months.

Out: Ann, Monroe, & Evans all bid us adieu and moved on to bigger and better things. Monroe & Evans are all happy and married - not to each other, mind you - and Ann shipped off to the great state of Texas for her new gig. Also out: any previously mentioned interns. We loved them all. But they only stick around for a semester. We have three new ones now, which we can introduce at a later date.

Birthed: Joy, Stephen's little bundle of baby, made her arrival in October. No other lunch club babies on the horizon.

Recap of Current Lunch Clubbers Participants:

Jorge: Lunch club president and papa to precious Phoenix, who is coming up on his first birthday!

Ryan: Keeps us up to date on technology, new music, and all things Iceland. He's married to Danae, who doesn't work here, but does get the occasional shout-out.

Stephen: The table's sports guru and dad to the aforementioned new baby Joy.

Oliver: Still really loves fruit, and this weekend he is going to the Grammys. Jeaaaaaalous.

Lynn: Find her sitting at the right hand of President Jorge, most often with a cup of cheese dip in front of her.

Claire: Lynn's partner in cheese-dip-related crime. Always hilariously mishears stuff that happens at the table.

Earl: Still our honorary lunch club dad. We like to remind him often of his advanced age.

Shannon: Lunch club's daughter of the Midwest who finally joined the rest of us in watching "The Office!" Woooo!

Andres: One of our more casual attenders, and the knower of all music trivia answers. Ever. He's dad to Gabriel (also about to turn one) and Isabella.

Marie: Mom of two and one very funny lady. She keeps chocolate candy at her desk, so she gets lots of visitors.

Deasy: Faithfully attends lunch club on days when she's here... lucky duck works here part time and spends the other days with her two kiddos.

Jennifer: Mom to little Marie (not to be confused with Lunch Club Marie) and maker of unintentionally funny statements.

W: Company leader who pops his head in from time to time.

Webster: Called such for his outrageously extravagant vocabulary, with which he impresses us when he stops by to tell one of his crazy stories.

And I'm Liz. Everyone claims they're going to help write this thing, but let's be honest. You'll probably be reading a lot from me..


Now that we've got all that settled, how about a summary of everything we talked about over the past six months? Yes? You're in luck. I just created this awesome Wordle. You can click to view it larger.

Here's hoping we see each other again sooner than six months from now!

Cheers,

Liz