Happy Birthday Chandra...

Oooops...I didn't really forget, I just got distracted by my family's arrival on Friday...

I met Chandra last year when she was filling a mat leave position in a unit completely separate but also completely inseparable from my unit. We got to know each other when she came to my rescue the day that there was threat of a general strike, but I still had to get to work and somehow that one day of carpooling turned into a regular, Monday - Friday Chan Shuttle every morning and some afternoons.

Chandra was also the driving force behind the beautifying of the back deck...yeah, yeah, I would have got there eventually, but she arrived on my door step with a postcard bearing a certificate for beautiful things for my deck for my birthday. So we spent a wonderful afternoon making the deck a beautiful, livable place.

Anyway, if you haven't met her yet, you should, because she'll make you laugh, she'll bring you tomato soup cake for a getting-ready-for-Christmas party treat, she'll help fix your stupid computer, she'll listen to your woes, she'll pick out pretty plants for your urban garden, she loves postcards and she's a great friend.

Happy Birthday Chandra!!! Hope you had a great one.