“Remoted” – Workday 33/Day 42 (Monday)

Stamina has returned! Woke up ready to assist /process loans /and otherwise kick this day in the butt. 

Unfortunately, the computer systems involved had other, less productive ideas for the day. The day started out rocky, and stayed that way all day thanks to the agency computer system crashing and burning roughly one minute after it opened for the second wave of processing. According to the twitter buzz, it was a nationwide situation, and there was probably not a happy banker in the land. 

In keeping with the crappy theme to the day, upon returning to the desk with a cup of tea, I noticed a rounded brown nugget under the desk. It looked like a brownie bite or a fun-size chocolate treat, except there are no brownie bites or chocolate treats in the house. Nope, it was an anonymous offering of sorts from one of the fur boys, but even when I asked "Who did this?" there was no confession offered. The culprit remains unknown and at large.

When I checked the mail, the whole day turned around. It’s amazing how an envelope in a plastic box attached to the front of the house can deliver a smile. 

It was a mailbox full of joy today.

A business envelope with a colorful return address logo contained the six paint chips ordered online last week from Sherwin Williams. All six shades of blue were initially candidates for the bulkhead, which is currently a lackluster primer gray, and the foundation of the house, which is currently a flat black and looking a bit rough. After seeing them “in person,” there is a clear front runner in the chips called “Dress Blues.” This envelope would have been sufficient to brighten the day, but there was more mail in the box. There was an intriguing padded envelope from a friend in Tennessee containing a handcrafted card featuring one of her original photos accompanying a lovely piece of vintage costume jewelry she thought (quite correctly) I would like. I love it! But there was more. There was also a creamy ivory colored linen business envelope with the Bank’s return address that contained the Kimball Farm Gift Card won in the raffles from our Celebration of Success employee recognition non-event (the actual event was cancelled, because, you know). And just in case all that wasn’t enough, there was a large white envelope with a beautiful art card with a message from the artist and our HR team. With its magical load of cheer, this mailbox drop is as good as Christmas. Possibly even better, due to the element of surprise.