Colts Corporate Luncheon

I scored tickets to the Colts corporate luncheon from a benevolent source in corporate Building 1 (where our CEO and other notable executives have their offices). So I attended the festivities held at the Colts practice facility, accompanied by my team of three: D, G and R. R was enthusiastic, as she usually is when a departmental field trip is involved. Little did she know that by the end of the event that her enthusiasm would be more than warranted. The event started off with a lunch catered by a local restaurant, which has a tasty selection onsite but their catering leaves a lot to be desired. It was followed by a sports talk show style interview with retired Colt Tarik Glenn and current Colt Ryan Diem.

Much to the dismay of some at our company table and surrounding tables, Peyton Manning and fan fave Bob Sanders were not present. The interview was followed by a drawing. Now, I don't have much love for drawings because I rarely win anything great. Throughout the years I have won the following: a deflated soccer ball, a scratch and dent speaker that not even the pawn shop would offer me money for, a soft case for mutliple compact discs, a Spiderman phone (which I sort of liked) and a set of memory cards in a clear plastic case. My "best" and/or most expensive prize from a drawing would have to be a motion detecting-camera and a replacement lens that was part of an in-home video surveillance system. All I received were those two items not the whole system. I believe I would have needed a degree in engineering to figure out how to hook up the camera.

So back to the drawing, there were many Colts clothing items available as well as items I was pining for from the moment they were mentioned: a $100 gift card to O'Charley's, a $100 gift card to Johnathan Byrd's cafeteria and of course the GRAND PRIZE.

As we sat at the table watching the winners from a local TV station, a real estate company (OK, so I could not begrudge them the prize) and a consulting firm....all of us glanced at each other disappointed by our loss but still holding out hope for the one prize left. The GRAND PRIZE was a Colts leather office chair , a $100 gift certificate to Johnathan Byrd's and a shiny new commemorative Superbowl football signed by some of the Colts.

There was silence in the room and then the emcee picked out a business card and stated that the winner was from my company and then waited a beat and said the name of the person who won. Obviously, it was not me. However, it was R who looked shocked and was literally shaking as she made her way to collect her prizes I would surmise much to the envy of the diehard Colts fans in attendance. Earlier in this post, I indicated how enthusiastic she was to attend....that grand prize worth more than $600 sustained her glee for the remainder of the day.