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Fairy Godmother!

If you ever thought you had great co-workers, you obviously haven't met mine. I have the best co-worker, hands down.

My co-worker Sandi is one of the most sweetest, generous and thoughtful person I have ever met. I can't even describe how big her heart is.
She calls herself my "American Mom" (even though she is way too young to be my mom) and I feel so blessed to have her in my life and for everything she does for us.

When I'm sick, she brings me medicine, and if there is none available to her at that time, she will go out to the pharmacy to get me some.
It's impossible to count all of the times she has brought me lunch, just because she thought I would like something she had cooked at home. So sweet.
Katie and I were thinking about getting a Costco Membership and had been borrowing her membership card every time we needed to go. One day, she told us that she had put our names onto her membership, and therefore giving us a free membership. She must have been sick of us borrowing her card all the time...hehe.

Five times a year I have this HUGE ticket mailer from work that I have to stuff, it's like 2000 pieces each time. It's totally annoying, boring work that I mostly do at home while watching TV, so you can probably imagine my surprise when I came to work one day and Sandi had taken all of my stuff home and finished my mailer! I couldn't even believe it!
Every time I go on vacation to a colder climate, she brings me some of her winter clothes to borrow, because she knows I don't have many. When I went to Germany, she bought a present for my mom and grandma, even though she doesn't know them.
She appreciates all of the little things I do for her at work and always writes me little notes to thank me.
There have been so many times when she's gotten me "a little special something", just because she thought I would like it. But the best of all was this little baby blanket and sweater she made for a future baby. 
And get this, she taught herself to knit JUST for this reason, because she wanted to knit us a baby outfit. It seriously made me cry, it was the sweetest thing.

She calls me "her precious" and Katie and her have become best friends, not just at work.
So last week Sandi came to our house to shower after Katie and her had done a boot camp very early in the morning. After she got ready, she asked us where our broom was, because she wanted to sweep our house. Of course, I was mortified, my house must have been really dirty, if someone offers to clean it for me, but she assured us that she was just bored and wanted to do something until it was time to go to work. So there she was, at 7am, sweeping my floors.
She is seriously one of the kindest people I know. I love her and everyone should have such an awesome co-worker and friend.


Falls ihr je gedacht habt, dass ihr tolle Arbeitskollegen habt, dann habt ihr offensichtlich meine noch nicht kennengelernt. Ich habe eine der besten Kolleginnen ueberhaupt!

Meine Arbeitskollegin Sandi ist eine der tollsten, großzügigsten und herzlichsten Menschen, die ich je getroffen habe. Ich kann gar nicht beschreiben, wie groß ihr Herz ist.
Sie nennt sich meine "Amerikanische Mutter" ​​(obwohl sie viel zu jung ist, um meine Mutter sein zu koennen) und ich bin so dankbar sie in meinem Leben zu haben und für alles, was sie fuer uns tut.

Wenn ich krank bin, bringt sie mir Medizin, und wenn sie zu der Zeit keine hat, geht sie zur Apotheke, um mir was zu besorgen.
Es ist unmöglich, all die Male zu zaehlen, wo sie mir Mittagessen brachte, nur weil sie dachte, ich wuerde etwas gerne moegen, was sie gekocht hatte. So süß.
Katie und ich hatten uns ueberlegt eine Costco Mitgliedschaft zu kaufen (sowas aehnliches wie Metro in Deutschland) und jedesmal, wenn wir dahin fuhren, liehen wir uns ihre Mitgliedsschaftkarte aus. Eines Tages erzählte sie uns, dass sie unsere Namen auf ihre Mitgliedschaft hinzugefuegt hat, und wir somit eine kostenlose Mitgliedschaft bekamen. Sie musste es wohl satt gehabt haben, dass wir uns staendig ihre Karte geliehen haben...hehe.

Fünf Mal im Jahr muss ich auf der Arbeit einen riesen Ticketmailer fuellen, was jedesmal mindestens 2000 Briefe sind. Es ist eine total nervige, langweilige Arbeit, welche ich meist zu Hause beim Fernsehen gucken erledige, von daher koennt ihr euch wahrscheinlich vorstellen, wie ueberrascht ich war, als ich eines Tages zur Arbeit kam und Sandi hatte alle meine Sachen mit nach Hause genommen und meinen Mailer fuer mich gefuellt! Ich konnte es nicht glauben!

Jedes Mal wenn ich in ein kälteres Klima in den Urlaub fahre, bringt sie mir ein paar ihrer Winterklamotten, weil sie weiß, dass ich nicht viele habe. Als ich nach Deutschland geflogen bin, hat sie für meine Mama und Oma ein Geschenk gekauft, obwohl sie sie nicht kennt.
Sie schätzt all die kleinen Dinge, die ich für sie auf der Arbeit tue und schreibt mir immer kleine Zettelchen um sich bei mir zu bedanken.
Es gab so viele Male, wo sie mir eine Kleinigkeit mitbrachte, nur weil sie dachte es wuerde mir gefallen. 
Aber das schönste Geschenk war diese kleine Baby-Decke und Pullover (Foto oben), welche sie für ein zukünftiges Baby gestrickt hat. Und das unglaublichste daran ist, dass sie sich nur aus diesem Grund das Stricken beibrachte, weil sie uns ein Baby Outfit stricken wollte. Es war so suess von ihr, ich hatte die Traenen in den Augen stehen.

Sie nennt mich ihr "precious" und Katie und sie sind die besten Freundinnen geworden, nicht nur auf der Arbeit.
Letzte Woche kam Sandi zu uns nach Hause, um zu duschen, nachdem Katie und sie sehr frueh morgens bei einem Boot Camp waren. Nachdem sie sich fertig gemacht hatte, fragte sie uns, wo unser Besen war, weil sie unser Haus fegen wollte. Natürlich habe ich mich furchtbar geschaemt, mein Haus muss wirklich schmutzig sein, wenn jemand sich anbietet, es für mich zu putzen, aber sie versicherte uns, dass ihr nur langweilig war und sie etwas tun wollte, bis wir zur Arbeit fahren mussten. Und somit war sie da, um 7 Uhr morgens, und hat mein Haus gefegt.
Sie ist wirklich eine der nettesten Menschen die ich kenne. Ich mag sie total und jeder sollte solch eine liebe Mitarbeiterin und Freundin haben.
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