Lunching Gamers

The Gamers gathered for lunch yesterday to celebrate Jill's last day of employment at PIL, where we all met and first started our long association and shared love of board games, hot dogs, cheesy balls of love, Matt Howie, and Harry Morgan.

Julie, Jill (holding Libby), Mary Beth, Kerri, Joanna, and me (notice how I'm vainly trying to block Jo out of the picture) -- poor Sophie and Evie are facing away from the camera

Now only Joanna and Julie remain at PIL. It's pretty amazing to think about how much our lives have changed in the last six years. We've gone from being predominantly unmarried and childless to predominantly married with kids. We all used to work together and gather in a conference room every Thursday at lunchtime to play noisy board games and annoy our coworkers. (Poor Jim!) Now those of us who remain at PIL aren't even in the same building. Life tries to scatter us, but it won't work! The Gamers live on! See you ladies (most of you) for Game Night on Saturday! And get ready to lose, my friends -- I feel a winning streak coming on.

(I shamelessly stole this photo from Julie -- hope you don't mind, Jules!)