When the cat’s away the mice…

trash decorate the cat’s office!

I quietly slipped out of town last week to celebrate my mid-century mark birthday in Tennessee.  I naively thought it could pass without much fanfare.  Knowing the guys I work with, I should have known better.

This is what I saw when I opened my office door this morning. 

Part of the mess is just the paperwork & mail that stacks up while one is gone but the rest of the mess are jabs gifts from my co-workers.

There was cake that my boss made himself.  How many bosses do that?

and 50 of all kinds of things…tea bags, paper clips, Qtips(for cleaning all the wrinkles-nice, huh?), pennies, Hershey’s Hugs, Ghirardelli chocolates, Dove chocolates, Tootsie Pops, a 50 page notepad so I don’t forget things, computer CD’s & cases, quilting pins, coupons for 50 free manicures in our Cosmetology Department(yea!) and even 50 rolls of toilet paper.

Little did they know how timely this is as I’m on a liquid diet today for a fun little test tomorrow.

And of course, 50 balloons all over my floor!  Too bad the Grands didn’t stop by today, they would have had a riot with all of them.
I work with some crazy people who are truly like family.  I never had any brothers but I now have a hallway full of them!