This news comes when my department is very busy. I thought that Bridget would show me up by getting most of the items waiting attention finished while I was on vacation. I came back to more of the same. There was an influx and significant changes to old items which required her attention during three of the five days, the last two part of a national holiday. With this back up, my boss' edict is to minimize distractions during work hours regardless. I've tried to give Tawny as much support as I can, but it is not the amount I would like to give during the day. She understands I hope.
Tuesday night found us sharing a meal at a Mexican restaurant with her husband Jeff; all of us drinking frozen strawberry margaritas while doing a post mortem on the day's events. The quirkiest thing was that Tawny was over my apartment on Monday night to return a casserole dish she borrowed from me. I expressed to her a sense of foreboding I had of me being made redundant at work that morning and she shared an incident at work that gave her the same thing only for her it came to fruition the next day. I am proud to say my gal is holding up well under the circumstances...
On a lighter note, we laughed the whole day about the free food we received at work and elsewhere. The property managers set-up a catering station between two of the buildings for all the tenants to enjoy a hot breakfast of eggs, ham, sausage, blintzes, crepes, fruit, etc. There was a chill in the air during our wait, but the yummy smells wafting over kept us in line. Later after lunch, the property managers again set-up a chocolate fountain station in our downstairs lobby while an ice cream station was set-up in the other building. It was almost too much.
The trifecta was complete when Sharon reminded me we were going to a Cadillac dealership that evening for an event. It was being catered by a well-known company. Yeah, we mingled and munched while drooling over leather seats and the behemoth SUV Cadillac Escalade. Talk about a total pimp vehicle! All we needed to do was tint the windows more and get different tires. I'll stick to my fuel efficient cutie while Sharon sticks to her Cadillac CTS lease for one more year.
The second batch of cooked jasmine rice needs readying for tomorrow's lunch so I need to get with it. Several people are bringing different dishes and we're all sharing. Gosh, I probably shouldn't think about it too much right now. Feeling a little queasy. Ha!
Help me say a prayer for Tawny and help me say another prayer for all of us to survive the holiday well and to be full of the smiles that comes from the caring and abundant love we share with each another.
Kisses and Big Hugs,
Sprinkles
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