Does anyone need to make a movement??

Happy New Year Lunch Clubbers! It's Lynn here!

This new year at our office began with bittersweet feelings. Sadly, we had to say good-bye to our favorite Mommy-to-be, Leigh. Although we will miss her greatly, she is now taking the time to focus on preparing for the little one who will be joining us shortly. We are currently 2 days post-due date, so we will be meeting him or her any moment now! I'm not sure who is anticipating the new bundle of joy more, Leigh or the rest of our staff. It's a close one!!

That was the "bitter" part of our bittersweet new year, but the "sweet" part is just as exciting! We have now welcomed a new lunch clubber to the team, who is taking over for Leigh's position. Her name is Claire, and we are so pleased and excited to have her with us! Although Claire has only been with us for a few days, we already know that she will be an important asset to our staff. And she has been a great addition to our lunch club as well! We will have her posting the blog in no time! :-)

Today's lunch club was about as random as it could be. We began by talking about Grant, who has been a dear, dear friend of our staff for over 30 years. Grant is truly a "man of all trades," having done everything from being a janitor to a midwife! We were recalling countless memories we had with Grant doing everything he could to help us with random tasks, which caused us to notice several similarities between him and our very own Earl. Although Earl has a specific job at our organization, he also tends to take on various odd tasks and jobs in an effort to make our office cleaner, safer, and more efficiant. Earl and a few other clubbers told us a story about when he first started working here and there was a plumbing "situation." Earl called a plumber to come and clean out the pipes, and gave us a riveting impression of the plumber, who insisted on not only showing Earl the various unmentionables he had found in the sewer lines, but also describing, in great detail, what each item was and where it came from. That story reminded Earl of when he had first moved into his house with his family. Earl and his wife had chosen to upgrade their wood floors, so naturally Earl was very cautious and protective of this great investment. One morning, he came downstairs to find a small puddle of water seeping through the floor from the bathroom. Panic ridden, he immedietely called to have it taken care of. In order to determine the cause of the overflow, the plumbers watched the sewer opening in the culdesac intensely, trying to track the flow of, umm, substances, through the pipes. After watching for some time, one of the plumbers came to Earl's door, stood there with a very serious and intent expression on his face, with a large cigar hanging out of his mouth, and said, "Does anyone need to make a movement? We need something to track." Not sure how to respond, Earl calmly replied "No thanks, we're good." Needless to say, the plumbers were still able to fix the pipes, and Earl's new floor escaped with barely a hint of damage.

One last thing before we close for today. The day we have long anticipated has finally arrived. Tomorrow afternoon, in a small church located in a small town not far from our small office, our very own Ryan will finally be married to his lovely fiance, Danae. We are all so excited for them and cannot wait to be there to share in the joy of their wedding!

Until next time,

Lynn