showered with love - part 2

Sunday at work I was told that we couldn't go in the back room. Apparently the district manager had been in this past week and said that the back room looked like "crap." Another employee was spending the day organizing and would have stuff all over, and we weren't supposed to go back there. I asked two of my co-workers a couple of times what the district manager didn't like. I think we have a well organized and less cluttered back room compared with many other area locations. Did the district manager think it was messy or dirty? I never got an answer. Oh well. Not my problem... and believe me, I've got plenty of things to worry about at work and what the district manager didn't like about the back room isn't one of them. Sorry, dude. There was a lot of whispering going on too, but that's the norm when you work with a lot of women. Come on girls, let's get on with it and get working!

As we were closing up, Kevin shows up unexpectedly and said that he wanted to go out to dinner. "Okay. Sure. Where do you want to go? But before we leave I really have to go pee. I'll be right back." And off I go out the back door into the back room to lock up. As I go into the back room there's pretty much all of my co-workers that shout "surprise!" There's pink streamers, pink table cloths, pink plates and utensils... and I'm handed a pink Santa hat to put on my head. I'm so totally surprised! And now I REALLY have to pee!

After a brief trip to the bathroom where I can't stop laughing... the party starts. My co-workers brought in all sorts of yummy foods to share and we played a game with how many words can you make out of the letters in the name HANNAH CLAIRE. I can't believe that D could make 33 words. That woman has amazing scrabble skills, and her chipped beef cheese ball is divine. Hannah got some fun toys (which Sedona is frightened of), soft fuzzy jammies, some cutie clothes, blankets, her first bathtub toys, dolls, and her first Christmas ornament. A added a very thoughtful gift, a donation for the orphanage that taken such good care of our little one. We plan on bringing donations of diapers and babyfood with us on the day we meet our daughter. To my co-workers, thank you so much for joining in the celebration of adding Hannah Claire to our family. We feel very loved by you all.

Only 12 days until we leave for Taiwan. Yippie!

Oh, and if you like Asian inspired clothes for little kids... the fall line of Tea is up to 40% off now. I'm holding back, but it was hard to do that. I'll pass the sale along to you if you need a little retail therapy.