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A few months ago, I helped a grad student with her online survey. It should have been an easy project, but there were a lot of edits to do, firewalls to surpass, and emails to deliver. I was ready for it to be over long before it was actually done. And when it did conclude, she wanted to stop by and give me something as a thank-you. I always feel a little awkward about that – unless it\u2019s cookies – because this my job and I\u2019m happy to help. I told her I was glad to have helped and her thank you – and future success – was all I needed.
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I figured that was done with it, until today when I got an email from the department where she\u2019s gotten her degree. \u00a0She had left something for me and I was asked to go pick it up. So, at lunchtime, I trucked across campus and found the office where I picked up a small gift bag. \u00a0I didn\u2019t open it until I got back to the office, but saw there was a small post-it note with my building info on it. I guess she\u2019d intended they deliver it to me – and the department decided I was going to pick it up instead. \u00a0Yeah, thanks.
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Back at my desk, I opened the gift bag and found a nice gift box. In the gift box was\u2026
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A jewel encrusted metal peacock statue. \u00a0<\/em> Upon further examination, I realized it was on a hinge and the torso would open up. So: A jewel encrusted metal peacock statue\/jewelry box<\/em> There\u2019s not a lot of storage area there – maybe a small ring or 2 M&M\u2019s – and the whole thing is surprisingly heavy. And\u2026 I have no idea what to do with it. I know she appreciated my help – and likely the project would have failed without me – but it\u2019s such a strange thing. \u00a0I really would have been fine with just a thank-you. Or, you know, cookies. So, thanks. \u00a0You shouldn\u2019t have. \u00a0I mean, you really<\/em> shouldn\u2019t have. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 ———————— One of my recent projects was a rebuild\/overhaul of a website. There were many rounds of detail changes and some back and forth on the design, but I was pretty happy with the final result. Except, not final. Someone else joined the group I was working with and had a whole slew of changes. Including the addition of a new section on their homepage. While I was grumbling about it I realized that I didn\u2019t have enough approved images to build that new section header. \u00a0The site is about bio-mimicry – the intersection of art and natural science – and I realized that I did have an image for that section. \u00a0Or, I shortly would. I grabbed one of the origami projects I have in my office and found a good wall to photograph it against, then got out my phone and took a photo. \u00a0Downloaded, edited, cropped, resized and re-uploaded – to their website. Task = complete. I don\u2019t know how long that\u2019s going to last there – I got yet another round of detailed changes today – but for the time being, my art is on the website. \u00a0
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