Nice to get out for lunch

The boss took me out for lunch this afternoon. We had planned to go to one of the restaurants by Lake Minnetonka. She had asked me if it’s ok to have lunch there….I was like “Yes, mam!” Anything to have a meal by one of those nice fancy restaurants that I never go to. Her reason to go to that particular restaurant that is famous for its lobsters was to get a gift certificate for our former boss.

Well, unfortunately that restaurant does not open for lunch. So she and I landed at Big Bowl in The Galleria. It was a good lunch and we chatted about everything except very little about work. The boss is good about separating work and leisure. This lunch is just for fun, nothing fancy. During these lunches we always talk about our families. Her daughter is around my age and I have met and was one of her customers when she was doing her skincare stuff. However, the girl now is looking into a sales job that she thinks will give her more flexibility working from home.  The boss’ daughter is one heck of a smart kid and a good negotiator!  I hope she will get that sales job she is interviewing for. 

The boss said we will do this again next month.  She said she wants to do this kind of lunch every month if possible which is music to my ears!  When our former boss was still with us, she and I had always wanted him to take us out for lunch, not just work and work, but that boss was just not up to it.  We think it’s a man thing – not all man though, to make it clear.  Now that our former boss is retired, just she and I, so she is doing the calls.  It’s really very nice of her and I should grateful for her and what she has done to go all gungho to keep my job.