Today we had the goodbye brunch. Actually more accurately, it was a goodbye breakfast that stretched through lunch to dinner. It started at 8am and ended about 6pm! An extravagance of well wishing! I am going to start doing more on birthdays I think. It seems a pity to wait until people are going away/getting married or being buried to tell them how much you appreciate them. It is lovely to hear how much you will be missed. I think that employee would be less likely to leave if they hear things like that more often too. I saw people today that I haven't seen for years! It is just fun to catch up like that. Levi played with kids all day, they changed faces and ages but he had people all day as well. He had fun running and playing and jumping on the trampoline.
At one point he started to fade and as there was a lull in the kid numbers, I told him to just go downstairs and have a bit of quiet time. He grateful and went and played with his Legos for a bit. There isn't much left down there for him anymore, as most of the toys have been either sorted or shipped, but there are enough to keep him happy. I am glad that he had a chance to rest because soon after there was another group of kids to play with and it meant he happily had a second wind.
I had a great day and one of my friends had organized for all my friends to write in a book that I can take with me and read on darker lonelier days!
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