Company party, and more sick?

The weather today was fantastic (60 degrees and sunny) so I finally spent some time in the yard, doing some much needed pruning of the roses. Lots more to do, but at least I've made some headway.

Tonight my place of employment threw a big party at a downtown club called Aura, to both celebrate the launch of all the new products, as well as to celebrate the company's 6th anniversary. Happy news all around. I've been recovering from my cold, and felt pretty well ready to party the night away. The company provided taxi vouchers so Kelly and I could be safe and have a paid ride to the party and back. Excellent.

For the party, the company rented out Aura for a few hours, where we would have food and drink provided. Kelly and I arrived shortly after 7pm and were halted at the door "this is a private party" … to which I replied "yeah, I work there"… I think the girl at the door wasn't quite sure how to ask "are you with the private party?" SuperSweetCo should have provided employees with a password or super secret handshake or something. Oh well. The place itself was pretty "hip", with lots of modern stylings. The music was blippy and loud, the lighting was low with bright, focused lights and trippy video displayed on a large screen dividing the space in two, a seating towards the front and a dance area towards the back. Pretty interesting spot, though nothing I'd likely go to normally.

Kelly and I got a couple drinks (bottle of Guinness for me, blueberry martini for Kelly) and wandered towards the back where all the food was set up. They had many of the things on their menu out on a few tables, and Kelly and I snacked a bit. I tried their mini chicken burger, and both their beef and chicken skewers while Kelly had their gigantic prawns with cocktail sauce. Spent a bit of time chatting with coworkers and then suddenly started not feeling so well. "Great" I thought, while I tried to ignore it, continue hanging out, and having another 2 beers (an Amstel Light and another Guinness). Finally, at around 9:15pm my stomach wasn't feeling well at all, and Kelly and I left. I was very bummed, because the party was really just getting going when we left.

We got home just after 10pm, and Kelly and I took to the sofa and watched some TV (a NetFlix disc we'd recently received, Black Books, a hilarious British comedy) where I found myself freezing cold. I went to bed at around 11pm, shivering violently until I fell asleep. I woke up today (sunday) feeling mostly fine, but still taking it easy. Not sure what happened, perhaps it was the food, but either way, I'm none too pleased.