i miss the cook at work
he may have been an x-rated peter pan (as they once called tony on 'ncis'), but underneath it all was a really decent guy who would listen and tell you yes, everything sucks, and yes, everything will be okay. once amanda left we were probably each other's best friends at work, and we just had this odd 'holy crap they're so different' friendship that was so bizarre. at least twice, when no one else caught on that i was having a tough day, he caught it. (in march, when everything came crashing down with mirabelle and my brother-in-law and whatnot, and i was aching that no one noticed i was off, 'you're too quiet mel. what's wrong?' and then at the end of may when i had been up crying late into the night because i would soon have to be receptionist, 'you look like shit. what's wrong?' [and yes, he meant that lovingly.]) (see? guys aren't as obtuse as we think they are.) and now i think i want him around, too, because he reminds me of my brother who's going through crap, to say the least (which is all i'm allowed to say, but please pray for him). the cook would have been a perfect listening ear, and he would have said just the right things. i miss him.
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:32 PM
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Can't you talk to him now? Don't you still work there, just in a different department?
i do, but he doesn't. he left at the change in ownership.
Oh, I don't think I knew that (that he left)! Sad. :( Guys are annoyingly NOT obtuse sometimes. ;) Anyway, I'll keep praying for you; I don't know what else to do. But yeah, seems like we don't know what we have until it's gone. So I suppose we should try to think, well, maybe I'll miss this when it's gone. But that may also be a discouraging thought, I dunno. Maybe I'll start praying for another "cook" for you. :)
i knew i'd miss him if he ever left. i just didn't realize how good i used to have it at work.
i love that God uses all kinds of people, whether they know He's using them or not
*like* hobsis's comment :)
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