Our Night Off

So this month marks the 5th anniversary for Big J working for Schlumberger! (He said we would only be here for 2!) So to celebrate his work threw a Party in Long Beach at The Winston! Now it wasn't just for Big J it was for all the people in Schlumberger that had worked there for 5, 10 , 15 or even 20 years! There was about 60 or so people there.

So Saturday Big J and I were able to go down to Long Beach. The drive was good and we didn't run into much traffic, so we decided to go to the Aquarium. When we got there we learned that it was 21$ per person! (Just a note: Monterey was about the same price and it was double the size) But.... we were already there so we went in. It was pretty nice. Our favorite part was the Tropical Fish. (of course) I liked the Jelly fish (pictured below) and the big reef tank. (pictured above)
So after that we went to our hotel (which by the way was fully paid for by Schlumberger) After we got checked in and rested from all the walking in the Aquarium it was time to get ready. Suddenly Big J asks, "Did you get my shirt out of the dryer?!!" I replied, "NO! (in shock) Didn't you?!" Now it was already 6:15 pm and the Dinner starts at 7:00 pm. So Big J asks the concierge where the nearest place to buy a shirt was. And was off. I stayed to get ready. At 7 I was just about to call Big J and ask where he was when he came in. Luckily the dinner was just downstairs so he could be dressed and in the elevator in like five mins. I set to ironing his shirt (which I don't do very well, cause I don't do it often) I turn around to a gasp! And there is Big J trying to put on pants that were 3 or 4 sizes too small! He had grabbed the wrong ones! Instead of grabbing the ones from his suit he had grabbed the ones from our wedding! So thinking maybe that he had grabbed both he frantically started looking for the others in the suitcase, but to no avail. I told him to suck it in and he tried but they were not going to button. so he zipped them up as high as he could and cinched his belt down and hoped that his jacket would cover and that his pants wouldn't fall down! Well we made it through the night without anyone losing their pants (which from what I hear probably will happen at a Schlumberger party one of these days)
When we got back to the room and had a big laugh because the room looked like it had been ransacked! It was an eventful day. But it was fun and I'm glad that we went even though leaving the kids was hard. But it was only for one night.