A Little Surprise

Well, I am here to announce what a reject I am. I did not get up this morning and run. The alarm went off at 5:45 and I did not even hit snooze, I turned the darn thing off. But here's the kicker, I have a backpack packed to go running at lunch....hahahaha. Stay Tuned!

Yesterday I got to work and I had a nice surprise on my chair. It was a pink envelope with my name on the front. I opened the envelope and much to my surprise there were 3 gift certificates inside a very sweet card from my boss. She wrote on the card how much she appreciated me and how she had no idea what she ever did without me. She got me 2 gift certificates to The Gap and one gift certificate to Starbucks. Man, does she know me, or what?

It is so nice to be so appreciated! I have been in the work force for over 6 years now (post-college) and I am finally being appreciated. I feel for those that have been at a job for years and are still not appreciated. The good news is, it is not too late.

They have gone above and beyond in many ways to show me just how much I mean to them and their family. Granted, these are pretty much life-long friends of mine, but still, they saw/see something in me that no one else ever has, professionally. I look forward to getting up and going to work in the morning and I love being there. How many people can say that? Not many that I know of.

This is something that I have prayed LONG and HARD for over the years. It is so great to know that God never stopped listening to the broken record I kept playing for him. D and L are not religious people at all but since I have started working there she has asked me so many questions, reminisced about how much fun she had attending church camp with friends as a child and (the best of all) they took their oldest son out of Montessori school and put him in a Church camp for the summer until he attends full-time in the Fall with his younger brother. This is the school that we are very hopeful that Pink gets in as well.

It is amazing how we fall in and out of people lives on a daily basis. I know the reason I have fallen back in to their lives and I am so thankful that they are so receptive of me and my beliefs. I am very respectful towards them and their beliefs and it seems that I always come out on top. I give all of the thanks and glory to God.

I hope everyone has a great day.

Toodles!