Ulrik's glogg

A few days ago I asked Jean if she was going to Ulrik's glogg party. She said she hadn't heard about it. I had thought Ulrik was Jean's friend but she's met him only once, through Lin.

Yesterday, Jean im'd to tell me Lin told her about the glogg and that she was going, if only to watch the ABC Primetime Live program Lin had been working on (Are nonprofit hospitals betraying their mission?). She said she'd see me that evening. But wait, I wrote. I thought the glogg was scheduled for the 17th? She told me to check my email.

Lin had sent another email clarifying the date. The date on the invite was written as Thursday, the 17th. I had marked the 17th, ignoring "Thursday". I told her I had aleady made plans for dinner. She asked if I could cancel. I told her that I had already bailed once on dinner and my friend had bailed twice and if I bailed again it'd be forever before we could reschedule.

Jean and I had a laugh over the glogg invites and the fact that now she was going and I wasn't when before it was the reverse. She told me of a similar situation also involving gloggs that had happened to her last week. She said she wasn't going to write about it because it was too complex. I think in the end she was right; I shouldn't have tried it.

Near two in the morning Jean im'd me again to let me know that she hadn't gone to Ulrik's glogg. Lin couldn't make it due to work obligations and so none of us went. There was a funny story here but I think I managed to bury it. I should have taken Jean's advice and not tried to explain it. Or maybe it's just funny to the two of us. :-/

Later Jean said she had a bottle of glogg and we could have our own mini party.

When I told this to Tulip she said the funniest thing was the fact it was called "Ulrik's glogg." Are you speaking English? she asked. Why no! I replied. I'm speaking Swedish! Posted by eku at December 17, 2004 11:57 AM