The office as of late.

Thursday morning I woke up sick as a "dog"... I guess you could say. I had a sore throat, headache, and looked like death. The past couple weeks we have had a lot of people out of the office due to the infamous cold. It hasn't been fun. I thought I missed it all and I'd be able to make it out of town this week without getting sick but sure enough it caught me just in time for my holiday break :( I decided to take a half day on Thursday and only work a couple of hours in the evening once I was feeling better.

This morning I woke up feeling so much better! I got into my office and was greeted by my boss and co-worker with a smirk on their face. The first thing out of their mouths were, "I can't wait to see your reaction when you get to your desk."

Sure enough... I turn the corner and I'm greeted by this.

Meet Rayna. Rayna is the Dog Child of one of our co-workers. This co-workers is married, in his late-fifty's, drives a subaru, goes green, and hates children. Hate is actually a strong word so let me rephrase.... he dislikes children enough that he and his wife decided they never wanted to have children. That's where Rayna comes in.

So here I am, on a Friday morning, being greeted by Rayna taped to my computer screen. At the bottom, under the professionally photographed DOG reads "Erin, Rayna wants you to feel better and hopes to make you smile. -Greg"

This is no joke people! He seriously posted a picture of his DOG on my computer in hopes of making me feel better. The best part about this is.... I only took a half day off of work. My other co-workers have been out sick for days/weeks. In fact, one of our co-workers had her gall bladder taken out last week and she didn't get one shred of paper with Rayna's sweet face on it.

Really though, what he did was his honest effort of showing that he cared. He reminds me of the awkward uncle that everyone has. I think he's trying to adopt me as his pseudo daughter since he doesn't have one of his one. I just appreciate him looking after me by parading pictures of his dog on my computer.

I decided to pay it forward and leave him a little message for when he got into the office today.

MEET OSCAR!

"Greg- Oscar wants to thank you for the "get well soon surprise" you left for Erin"

I'm pretty sure I made his day.