I have the best coworkers.

My friends from work have been talking about wanting to hang out as a group after work  one night and on Saturday, I got a text from my friend Kelly while I was on my way to work. It was a group message to a bunch of my coworkers asking if we all wanted to go to Steak and Shake after work that night. Since everyone was getting off between 12:15 and 12:45, we all agreed to go.

Since everyone was excited about our plans, we told other coworkers about it and in the end, our group of about six people turned into a group of at least thirteen people. After work we all got on the bus to Westclock when we got a call from someone who had left before us. He was already at Steak and Shake and he said that it was packed with people. We shouldn't have been surprised because most people who had closing shifts had just gotten off work and the restaurant was packed with cast members, no doubt. We brainstormed a few different places we could go to as an alternative, decided on Denny's, and we were on our way!

It was a great night. Two coordinators went with us and it was so nice to hang out with everyone outside of work. We made lots of jokes, took lots of pictures, and somehow ended up flying paper airplanes everywhere. Bonding with everyone was definitely overdue considering I've known these people for at least three months and this is the first time we've all hung out.  

Here are some pictures from the night.

This is nowhere near all of the people that were there. We took a group picture at the end of the night but I"m not sure who has it.

We didn't end up leaving Denny's until around 3:00 AM. It was kind of a bittersweet experience because a lot of people are leaving next month. More than half of the CP's I've gotten to know and love are going home and we realized that this is probably one of the last times we'll hang out as a group, which is sad because it was also the first time we've hung out. Regardless, I'm glad that it finally happened.

Throughout this whole experience, they've become some of my best friends. I don't think I'll ever forget any of them.