I am so not a sentimental, emotional or treacly person by nature. Since the May Adventure, I have noticed about a 12.6% increase in emotional reactions. Possibly the medication.
Certainly, it is an open pharmaceutical question when I am tearing up during America's Got Talent. And yes, I just publicly announced that I watch, and almost cry during AGT. And don't get me started about my dance shows.
I know. Your assessment of me just went down a measurable amount. And now, you are thinking about if my love of AGT, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, and the Amazing Race is connected to the slow-growing infective lesion. But let me ask you this. Do you want to be judged by the most obnoxious television show you are addicted to? And to be clear, for me that's actually Storage Wars. And it's possible the Chevy Astro Cytoma may have started growing right at the end of Downton Abbey. So, I kinda blame PBS.
But I digress.
On Friday, a package arrived for me at work. Inside was a gift basket and a get well card. It was from the entire staff of my Houston office. The get well card was signed by all and was tremendously uplifting. But the thing that really got me was the gift basket. They sent me a collection of hats. Specifically ball caps, and more specifically, caps from every Houston major league sports team. The Rockets. The Texans. The Astros. The Dynamo (soccer, I think). And even the Skeeters (which I believe is Jai Alai. Or maybe Pickleball).
And then yesterday, a package arrived for me at home. It was from my former staff at Austin Child Guidance Center. It also included a touching card signed by my friends and colleagues. And it also included a ball cap. This one had the simple message:
This requires a bit of explanation. Which I did several years ago on that blog I can't edit anymore.
https://cornerpieces.blogspot.com/2016/11/oh-fork-you.html
I swear this is not some thinly veiled effort to re-publish the "Best" of cornerpieces. Because that might include these:
https://cornerpieces.blogspot.com/2006/12/tivo-no.html
https://cornerpieces.blogspot.com/2007/04/field-testing-your-message.html
https://cornerpieces.blogspot.com/2014/12/maybe-i-should-go-back-to-work.html
https://cornerpieces.blogspot.com/2013/09/persistent-bastardo.html
Eventually I will have to link to this blog from butIdigress.blogspot.com. Freaking Interweb.
But the gifts and cards were so very thoughtful. And really helped pull me away from the the dark place I was headed (see blog a few days ago).
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