I've got a new entry for my list of favorite things. That would be getting drunk on the company tab. Being paid to get drunk on the company tab, at that. God, I love my job.

But anyway, Angie requested that I blog about The Card. So here goes. I have a sneaking suspicion she'll be the only one to find it quite so entertaining.

One of the women I work with is on a medical leave because - hell, I'll say it like it is - because she's dying. She has cancer that has spread to EVERYWHERE and she's undergoing intense chemo and radiation but her tumors are doubling and tripling despite that. She is an incredibly sweet woman - a real gem - and if I hadn't heard it from others, I wouldn't have known how bad her condition is. It's all smiles and positive talk with her, and we're all praying for a miracle so her positive thoughts and speech can be valid.

Last week a few of my co-workers went to visit Cindy over lunch hour and they asked me to pick up a "Thinking of You" card. Simple enough, right? A nice, sweet card that everyone in the office could read, say "Awww", and sign so that it could be brought over to the ill one. I was tired upon my arrival home and since Darren was running to Walgreens (Walgreens is hell and stupid and the worst store ever - NEVER GO THERE), I asked him to pick up a card for Cindy.

A half hour later, Darren comes barrelling through the door, all smiles over the great card he got. I took a look at it. On the outside if a sweet, glittery little monkey sitting on a tree. The text on the outside reads, "Roses are red, violets are blue, I sent you this card..." At this point I'm thinking, wow, the boy picked out a good card. I then proceeded to open the card to read the rest. Do you know what this card said...this supposedly sweet, heartfelt card that my entire office was going to sign with their well wishes to send to our dying colleague?

Roses are red, violets are blue. I sent you this card....Just for the hell of it!

No, Darren, no no no! Needless to say, said card is still sitting on my desk. Any idea who might that a "Thinking of You Even Though I Don't Really Like You All That Much" card?

See, I KNEW Angie would be the only one who found it funny.