My dear friend and knitting guru is having some pretty serious surgery today, and will be off work, recuperating, for most of the summer.
To keep ourselves occupied over the past couple of weeks, my coworkers and I have been preparing gifts for her recovery. All eight of us have been collecting things that will entertain and amuse her. It hasn’t been hard because she’s really a big kid at heart, and she’s got many eclectic interests and hobbies.
Whoever said accountants are boring has obviously never met our accountant. She’s into everything: football, medieval history, romance novels, Shakespeare, science fiction, old movies, comic books, needlecrafts, chocolate, junk food, green tea, mythology, motorcycles, theatre, opera and Wallace and Gromit. She’s a wealth of information about all kinds of things, and she’s a lot of fun to shop for. (I did most of my shopping at the Great Glebe Garage Sale.)
On Tuesday we took all the gifts that we had collected and laid them out on the board room table. Then we grouped them into individual days, starting with a summoning bell and a movie for the first day and moving gradually towards more active pursuits as she recovers. We finished off the series with a bottle of wine and outdoor doggie toys for the 32nd day. We figure by then she’ll be well enough to get tipsy and go to the dog park.
Then we wrapped every tiny little thing, tied each day’s gifts together with ribbon and labelled each bundle Day 1, Day 2, etc. Our board room looked like Christmas. (Or, as Angela said, an 8-year-old’s birthday party.)
What a terrific idea!
That looks like such fun. Everybody should be lucky enough to work in a place like that. Good for you guys.
What a great idea… and what a lucky person to have friends and coworkers like you.
Yes, it’s a good place to work for the most part. We’re all pretty lucky to have each other.
You know what? Her surgery should be ending right about now, and we just received a delivery of flowers from her, along with a lovely note.
A fantastic idea! You guys are so thoughtful and sweet. I wish I worked somewhere like this!
That’s the sweetest thing I ever heard of. What fun! I’m sure her recovery will fly by with all those treats to keep her busy.
WOW that is the sweetest thing ever!!!! I’ve never worked anywhere this amazingly cool!
Don’t tell my 8 yr old this is what other kids parties are like! She got 2 field guides, a kite, kite flying coupons and a desk organizer!
What a great idea. Now she has a bit of fun for every day. I’d like to steal this idea but my workplace is not conducive to that kind of merriment. And it’s a mental health center, go figure.
How very thoughtful. I can only dream of working in a place where I am so cherished…
You are so cool. And, man, putting that stuff together must have been fun.
Zoom, this is just too cool for words….lucky patient-friend!
I just want to thank you all for reminding me how lucky I am to work with the people I work with. I’ve been there a long time, and sometimes I forget.
fantastic Zoom!!!