Best. Boss. Ever.

Seriously. I have the best boss ever.

A normal boss would be grumpy that an employee was just transferred and broke her ankle literally two days before she was supposed to start the new job. That hypothetical grumpy boss would be irritated that it takes three months for a stupid ankle to heal. Also, when the employee returned to work, said boss would not go easy on him/her. In fact, a terribly mean boss might even be a bit hard on them, since they just had three months "off".

My boss is not that boss. My boss is a kickass woman who is totally understanding of my plight. My boss has marked each of my surgeries on her calendar and called me after each to see how I was. After the first surgery when I was still in the hospital she even called my parents' house to ask them how I was. My boss has been really nice about me not being at work, and has not once made me feel bad about all the extra work they have to do. In fact, my boss has made sure that I am allowed to take all my accumulated vacation and personal days before they expire at the beginning of the year, arranging for me to come back to work and immediately take a week of personal days so I can be back on full pay while still recuperating. In fact, she is fitting in all my 9 earned vacation days during the last three weeks of the year. That's generous AND amazing.

So that's the plan, kids. I'm finally getting a plan to go back to work. I officially go back on light duty 12/13 (I work Tuesday-Saturday ... creepers no creeping!) and will use five personal days before starting to actually go to work the following week. I'll get to spread out my four vacation days through the end of the year to give the 'ole ankle a break every now and again.

Can we go back to Thanksgiving so I can mention how thankful I am for my awesome job and my awesome boss?

ps- This is not sucking up because she doesn't read this. I'm just glad this is going to work out.