I'm such a CHICKEN!!!
I'll get to the chicken thing later.
Friday went a lot better than I thought it would. The entire drive to work, I was almost in tears, just thinking about saying goodbye to Zane. Carol had texted me that he loved the big great team card that we had many of us sign. She said that he was all smiles! :-) I was happy that I got a different frame for it. That was the first of the gifts he got.
I got to work a little bit before 12:30pm. That was the time that, Carol, Cindy, Patty and myself were meeting Zane in his office, to present him with the watch and our cards. Ben my boss was in on the watch too but he couldn't be there. He greeted all of us with a big smile! One of those smiles that I had grown to love so much. *sigh* Zane read Patty from HR card. Carol and I told him to wait and read our cards later. I can not imagine how embarresed I be if I was standing in front of him when he read my long letter/note thing. Zane loved the watch so much! "awe I've always wanted a watch but never had one before!" He then tried it on and we all had a good laugh! It was HUGE on him. It fit his forearm better than his wrist. :-P Of course we told him where we go it and that he could go get links taken out. He said a little something about all of us. It was so nice! Carol called me down before we met up with Zane. She told me not to cry and embarress him. I didn't. Shocking but I didn't. We all then went our separate ways. I had to get ready to start my work day.
Zane loved the DQ cake with Chuck Norris on it too! He took that with him when he went home. Bob the decorator made Zane the cookies and cream cake that he had requested. Half sheet chocolate with oreo frosting through the middle and on the outside. Chocolate drizzled on the top too. I got to carry it upstairs at 2pm for the "party". It weighed a TON! It had to have been 20 pounds at least. By the time that we got upstairs, I just about dropped it on the table.
I was the only team member up there. The rest were all the team leads in the store I think. We all had cake of course which was almost to sweet. We all just sat around and talked about random stuff. To much to even get into. What is important is that.....
I got the hug from him that I've been wanting for.....longer than I can think. Stacey from the back room was the first, to be so bold as to, just walk up to him, with her arms open. I thought NOW is my chance! Carol was next and I was right behind her. She was like...."You're taller than I thought you would be!" LOL! Then it was my turn. I'm a big hug person anyway so it was kind of not a big deal. I know I gave a nice squeeze and perhaps held on long than I should have. I wanted him to remember his hug from me. It was great. Sadly he didn't smell like anything at all. I made sure I did. ;-) It's probably best that he didn't smell nice. I might have pounced him right there in the team lead office.
I didn't lost it till I was walking away. By the time that I got back to the deli I was a MESS! It took me a little while to get myself back together. The whole day I was on auto pilot. As I figured, no one understood why I was so upset. Except for Claudia who is just awesome!
So what is this chicken thing I was talking before?
This morning Carol texts me to say that Zane is there with Rachelle who he was covering for why she was materity leave. She of course I make an excuse, to go into work, on my day off, so I could see him one last time. I had something I had to return, posti it notes to get for my cake deco class tomorrow, and a missed punch to fix. Honest. :-P I hear that he's up in one of the offices with her, but I chickened out. I was going to poke my head in and welcome Rachelle back and ask Zane if he was serious about me having his name plate from outside his door. They sounded really busy so I just left. UGH! Seriously! Without my "wingman" Carol I can't talk to him. WTF is wrong with me?
From what I understand, is that Zane will be at Edina but it's not permanent. Sometime next year he could end up at Apple south or Lakeville! We will see about that.
Friday went a lot better than I thought it would. The entire drive to work, I was almost in tears, just thinking about saying goodbye to Zane. Carol had texted me that he loved the big great team card that we had many of us sign. She said that he was all smiles! :-) I was happy that I got a different frame for it. That was the first of the gifts he got.
I got to work a little bit before 12:30pm. That was the time that, Carol, Cindy, Patty and myself were meeting Zane in his office, to present him with the watch and our cards. Ben my boss was in on the watch too but he couldn't be there. He greeted all of us with a big smile! One of those smiles that I had grown to love so much. *sigh* Zane read Patty from HR card. Carol and I told him to wait and read our cards later. I can not imagine how embarresed I be if I was standing in front of him when he read my long letter/note thing. Zane loved the watch so much! "awe I've always wanted a watch but never had one before!" He then tried it on and we all had a good laugh! It was HUGE on him. It fit his forearm better than his wrist. :-P Of course we told him where we go it and that he could go get links taken out. He said a little something about all of us. It was so nice! Carol called me down before we met up with Zane. She told me not to cry and embarress him. I didn't. Shocking but I didn't. We all then went our separate ways. I had to get ready to start my work day.
Zane loved the DQ cake with Chuck Norris on it too! He took that with him when he went home. Bob the decorator made Zane the cookies and cream cake that he had requested. Half sheet chocolate with oreo frosting through the middle and on the outside. Chocolate drizzled on the top too. I got to carry it upstairs at 2pm for the "party". It weighed a TON! It had to have been 20 pounds at least. By the time that we got upstairs, I just about dropped it on the table.
I was the only team member up there. The rest were all the team leads in the store I think. We all had cake of course which was almost to sweet. We all just sat around and talked about random stuff. To much to even get into. What is important is that.....
I got the hug from him that I've been wanting for.....longer than I can think. Stacey from the back room was the first, to be so bold as to, just walk up to him, with her arms open. I thought NOW is my chance! Carol was next and I was right behind her. She was like...."You're taller than I thought you would be!" LOL! Then it was my turn. I'm a big hug person anyway so it was kind of not a big deal. I know I gave a nice squeeze and perhaps held on long than I should have. I wanted him to remember his hug from me. It was great. Sadly he didn't smell like anything at all. I made sure I did. ;-) It's probably best that he didn't smell nice. I might have pounced him right there in the team lead office.
I didn't lost it till I was walking away. By the time that I got back to the deli I was a MESS! It took me a little while to get myself back together. The whole day I was on auto pilot. As I figured, no one understood why I was so upset. Except for Claudia who is just awesome!
So what is this chicken thing I was talking before?
This morning Carol texts me to say that Zane is there with Rachelle who he was covering for why she was materity leave. She of course I make an excuse, to go into work, on my day off, so I could see him one last time. I had something I had to return, posti it notes to get for my cake deco class tomorrow, and a missed punch to fix. Honest. :-P I hear that he's up in one of the offices with her, but I chickened out. I was going to poke my head in and welcome Rachelle back and ask Zane if he was serious about me having his name plate from outside his door. They sounded really busy so I just left. UGH! Seriously! Without my "wingman" Carol I can't talk to him. WTF is wrong with me?
From what I understand, is that Zane will be at Edina but it's not permanent. Sometime next year he could end up at Apple south or Lakeville! We will see about that.