I've gone through two fish and have since gained two more. Countless bags of Starbursts and Twizzlers have been eaten by visitors wandering by and through. A number of colleagues have seen my little abode and more have been introduced to Si. These among a number of other things characterize the last 365 days in SM 126S.
Today's activities added to the story. This week is extremely quiet since a large majority of the students and faculty will not appear on campus because of Spring Break. Whilst they bask in warm weather somewhere other than Michigan, my coworkers and I find things to keep our spirits high.
Last Friday, I realized that this week I will have been working for one full year at Calvin, which definitely calls for somekind of party. I then invited all to a "surprise picnic party for V to celebrate her one year of employment at CTS" (Calvin Theological Seminary). Yes, it's weird and a touch narcissistic, but hey, it was fun!
Too cold to actually have a picnic, we enjoyed picnic-like food indoors with baked beans, macaroni salad and my all time favorite sausages (bratwursts) to all be finished off with cake and ice-cream.
Though clearly not a surprise since I organized it and sent out the e-mail.., my friends did surprise me with a table full of gifts. Knowing these people as I do, I knew not to get too excited about the possible contents of the packages.
See below.
(I apologize for the blurriness, the photographer later complained that I moved too much. Clearly he was right.)
I really don't know how to explain... Basically I'm wearing layers of other people's clothes given to me as gifts by loving colleagues. And yes, this included maternity shorts. I don't know either.
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