I had an extremely pleasant surprise on Friday morning. I'd taken 5 days off work -- 'use it or lose it' vacation time was about to run out -- and waiting for me when I got to the store my frst day back was a blooming plant in a basket, with a card signed by all my staff to welcome me back.
I was extremely moved by the gesture -- it's not like I was gone that long nor has anything especially unusual happened. I have a good crew that seems happy with me (and vice versa), so it's not like them doing something nice for me was all that out of character. But I'm not exactly the princess of self-esteem, though, so it was a complete surprise that they would think to do something so nice for me.
It's also kind of funny that I should be given a plant right after I blogged about my orchid. I'm reasonably sure none of them reads my blog, so it's probably just coincidence. Now I have to figure out how to keep the new addition to the house from being chewed on by the cats. Tommy has already taken some preliminary nibbles.
