The departmental Christmas party was tonight at Noa Noa, a seafood restaurant in town. Actually it was in their catering hall. A very nice catered dinner, I must say, but fortunate that the price came down. I heard originally it was to be $55 a head, but our VP got the department to pick up $25 of that so I paid "only" $60 for Beth and me to go. Then today, we had an offsite meeting and it was announced that the department would be picking up the entire tab after all. I gather the attendance was going to be pretty low. Anyway, since it was free, it was crowded. And I get the $60 back, but not until after the new year.