...at least when they unexpectedly fall and bonk you on the head, as has happened to me twice today. :o)
You have to understand, I basically never get flowers. I don't have a significant other to give the obligatory romantic bouquet on holidays and anniversaries, so except for those rare occasions when a friend buys some on a whim or plucks them from the garden, it's pretty much up to me to buy my own flowers if I feel so compelled.
That said, I showed up at work this morning and found a lovely fall bouquet propped against my door. I helped someone (a manager that I don't normally support) out of a pinch yesterday evening, and she brought flowers as a 'thank you.' Naturally, this brightened my morning significantly. Then, as if that wasn't enough, I took a long lunch for my semi-annual dental cleaning, and came back to find a STUNNING -I kid you not- three and a half foot tall orchid plant on my desk! It's absolutely breathtaking, and appears as if it should be the centerpiece at some formal Japanese banquet. This was a 'thank you' from another wonderful co-worker, and left me postively flabbergasted and glowing more than a little. (insert ridiculously big grin)
People keep peeking into my office as they walk by, with quizzical looks on their faces that suggest they're wondering if they have somehow missed my birthday or some other important event. Of course, that just makes me smile more, and increases the sense of curiosity. Hee.
What started out as a very difficult week has been intersected in a way that basically amounts to little hugs from Jesus wherever I look. Sigh. I love this stuff.
4 comments:
Isn't that stuff just the BEST?! ;)
You SO deserve flowers on your head! Not so much pennies...
Miss you, and I SOOOOO miss those ginger cookies! Oh my gosh--like eating therapy, those things are. You're a cookie princess!
hey how r u? wow i just started blogging a little while back and had no idea how big this blogging world was, let alone how a simple searce would lead me to someone elses blog half way across the nation. anyway let me tell you how i stumbled upon your blog. when i was in grade school, i had a very interesting music teacher and many years later, my son, even though we live in a different school distric, ends up with the same music teacher. anyway my wife and i meet her at an open house and we start talking. for some reason never got the song don gato out of my head either so i asked her if she still taught that song. to my disapointment she didn't. so i started to sing it to my kids and could not remember all the lyrics so i googled it. lo and behold you obviously have some things in common with a 30 something redneck in southern Indiana. (like you i memorized the same McDonalds commercial) anyway, iv'e rambled on long enough. i think i will continue to look at your blog and if you would like to see what kind of weirdo you are reading from here is my blog address.
germy812.blogspot.com
hope to here from you at least once anyway.
c-ya jeremy aka the metro-redneck
Hi, Jeremy.
I'm totally chuckling at the infectious nature of that silly Don Gato! So it really *is* (or was) a nationwide phenomena in music education! Ha! Thank you for sharing! :o)
-Risa
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