me, Cassie, Dena, Emily, Maria
Dills, Casey (aka Texas)
Sam, Roger, Haacky, Jade, Keithy, Lucas
Mr. Tough
The Tough Brothers with guest performer Tracey
The Tough Brothers with guest performer Sammy
The evening started with my boxing class. The gym I joined about a month ago offers full on boxing classes, which I’ve been attending regularly, under strong encouragement and threat of the very enthusiastic and invested boxing coach/teacher. I was shocked to see the largest class ever (on a Friday night!!), but realized later that the sparring at the end of the class was rather enticing. Who doesn’t want to throw punches at a person directly (without the pads for protection)? You learn pretty quickly how to block jabs and throw some good hooks.
Friday was also Cassie’s last day at URS. She’s moving on from engineering to try her hand at land development. We had a farewell lunch for her followed by a happy hour and night out after work. I met up with the group after boxing class (and a shower!). Tuffy, one of the guys on our team, will also soon be leaving as he’s about to transfer to a URS office in San Francisco. The dynamic of our work group is really going to change with their departures. The two of them account for a lot of the energy, enthusiasm, and social planning of our group. Tuffy’s final Melbourne gig was Friday night at Palookaville, a bar in Fitzroy. Cassie’s farewell party in conjunction with all of Tuffy’s fans and faithful supporters rallied for one last performance by “The Tough Brothers”. Guest stars included our co-worker Tracey and Tuffy’s friend Sammy, a founding member of the original band.
