Dear friend

I did not think your little e-mail stunt this morning was very funny! It was scary and and could have been damn near fatal. I’m still recovering from the hyperventilation and the sudden panic attack. To say i was hysterical would have been an understatement.

You and I have established the fact that I am literally scared to death of anything with eight legs………spiders! Therefore by supplying me with EXHIBIT A caused a slight bit of havoc in my office to say the least.

My usual rational self has become wrought with paranoia and unusually suspicious behaviour.

I would appreciate it if you would in future refrain from including me in such acts of total violence on arachnaphobes.

Yours in sincere panic

Ruby

P.S. EXHIBIT A

Dear little food poisoning causer thingies

Seriously guys! Has anyone ever told you that you have a terrible job, you are most unwelcome and you are actually quite hated and despised????

Who likes having food poisoning on a bloody Friday night? Especially when they have a fantastic weekend planned? You’re a bunch of selfish little buggers aren’t you? You only think about yourself when you make someone sick. Couldn’t just for once have asked permission to give someone food poisoning?

There I was on Friday, minding my own business. Going to the movies with an ex(who is now a good friend), having fun, not being all unhealthy and eating all kinds of fast food crap. I opted to rather have supper at home before I leave, as this will minimize the amount of garbage I eat at the movies. It worked like a charm. Anyway, ex C took me home, we had tea, he went home, I went to bed…and then it happened. You little idiots ambushed me!!!

I’m not a person who falls asleep easily, so as i was lying in bed, trying to reach the high way to dreamland, I suddenly didn’t feel all that great. I was overcome by wave after wave of nausea. Now I realise that most people really dislike throwing up, being nauseous etc. Take that dislike and times it by about 10 000….I never throw up! I hate it! My mom always use to say that if I did throw up(maybe a total of 5 times in my lifetime) i had to be really really sick.

So i just lay there in bed trying to control it. But alas! sometimes whatever is in just has to get out. So i did end up in the bathroom. And to my utter disgust it just didn’t stop. I couldn’t even attempt to get out of the bathroom. At last, to your entertainment i suppose, i ended up fetching a blanket and a pillow and i simply stayed in the loo the whole bloody night! Gosh i really really hate you guys!!! I’ve never had food poisoning before…but don’t you ever dare knocking on my door again you hear!

The really gross thing was, is that as I was sitting there I really couldn’t help wondering where all this came from???? I mean seriously, I didn’t eat all that much on Friday???? and then I had this flashback to some comedian who did this thing on the stomach when one starts drinking. And then at some point the tequila always shows up…and they’re going “we don’t want no trouble”, and finally a fight breaks out in your stomach and he shouts that everybody has to leave, and then there is this hot dog, that shouts “This is ridiculous….I’ve been here for 9 years!”
Can anybody help me out as to who the comedian is?? and what that piece is called?

Disgusting as this my sound, I found it quite entertaining at 4am while I was sitting in the loo with blanket and pillow calling George all night. I finally got the courage to creep back to my bed at about 8am…where i finally fell into an exhausted coma while daring you little idiots to make me call George again. I only woke up at about 4, feeling absolutely crap mind you, and thought that i might be dehydrated. I fell into your trap…silly Ruby! so i tried some black rooibos tea. But that didn’t work so well and after feeling that George must be getting really tired of me shouting his name the whole time finally fell asleep again.

I suppose in the long run I’ve shown you guys a thing or two though. Most of my friends stay sick a whole lot longer when they have food poisoning. I’m back at work, and although I’m slightly low on energy, I manage to consume a little bit of food this morning without feeling the need to call for George’s help. So eat that you little buggers!

Gosh how i hate you! Please please please, never ever ever come to this house again!!! You’ll be really really sorry!!!!!

Ruby

P.S. Consider this my first hate mail

Dear Big Brother

So how has the States been? Married life treating you well? Enjoying the new job? Enjoying the new car?

You are celebrating you birthday on Sunday. And as I’m not completely sure whether I’ll be able to e-mail you on Sunday, I decided to drop you a quick note just to say happy happy, tons of blessing, love to the family and that I love you. Your birthday card is in the mail, but I suspect it will show up a tad late, as I only managed to get it in the post this week.

To my utter disgrace I couldn’t hold back the tears as I was writing the mail. I just couldn’t help myself. It was just one of those times where the tears manage to sneak up on you, and before you realise it your mascara is running and your face is all wet, and you can’t see the computer screen properly. Gosh, I’m such a ninny! I’m quite sure you would have been laughing your head off if you had seen me….but only to hide your own emotion, I’m sure.

We have always been close the two of us. Yes yes, I know, we had our fair share of fights as youngsters, but as we grew up and you left for uni we came to realise that we love each other. You, the older brother who despite having a black belt in karate at age 11 doesn’t believe in violence, but quite gladly beat a guy to absolute mince meat for shoving me around.

You’ve been my mentor, comfort, protector, soundboard, partner in crime and best friend for so many years. I find it odd that even though I missed you when you spent 4 years working in the UK, it was nothing in comparison to how I’ve missed you the past year.

I suppose it might have something to do with the fact that you are now married, to an American, that you’ve received your green card, that you have a great job, and that I’ve since realised that this time it’s more permanent. While in the UK there was always the fact that you were coming back home to look forward to, which I supposed fooled us into missing each other less. Now however, the chances of you coming back are small. Sure, you guys plan to come visit every once in 2 years, and I’m planing a couple of trips. But i have to live with the knowledge, that never again will we be able to spend the carefree time of our youth together. We’re both a whole bunch older, your married and your baby sister is a boss for crying out loud.

I’m so glad you found a girl who loves you so much that her face positively shines whenever she sees you. I’m grateful that she shares your passion and vision and that her family has embraced you and treats you like a prince.

Once again I find myself wiping tears from my face. Damn! I hate it when i become all soft and mushy! Now, before I start crying my little heart out because I miss you so much it actually sorta hurts.

Happy Birthday! I hope this year exceeds your expectations. That you’ll be happy and incredibly blessed. And of course…..I can’t wait for you guys to come visit in March

Lots of love

Sussie

Dear dude with the flower

Gosh! I don’t know what to say! I do not usually suffer of the thing called “a loss for words” but today I am. I suppose thank you would be in order. But that is where i get stuck. I hope this letter of thanks and the big smile on my face this morning was enough.

This morning I overslept ever so slightly…most probably due to the fact that I was at a party last night and only got home really late…but I suppose it might have had something to do with the weather, or some other mundane incident during the night…who knows and who cares. The fact is I overslept, and I’m never in a very happy mood when i oversleep.

I hurried through my morning routine at an alarmingly fast pace and managed to leave the house no more than 10 minutes later than usual(well done rubes!!!!). It was raining, traffic was bad, there were 4 accidents on route, i forgot that i had to fill up my tank before i left for work so that made me even later…all in all, the morning was pretty crap, i was in a somber mood due to this and the world looked miserable.

then suddenly as I waited rather impatiently at the traffic light there was a soft knock on my window. dude!!! you can be so glad i didn’t have my pepper spray right there with me like i usually do…you would have felt like dying!!! you don’t just knock on people’s car windows when they are waiting at a traffic light! that’s dangerous business!

anyway, after regaining control of my heartbeat and realising that you looked harmless enough and noticing the odd thing you were holding in your hand, i opened the window. You held out the object to me, smiled from ear to ear and solemnly pronounced “you’re so pretty……please take this flower, i just picked it in my garden”

I was flabbergasted! my jaw dropped, i dumbly took the flower while mumbling a thank you and then you turned around and returned to your gate, went in and closed it. You had given a strange girly a couple of garden flowers while she was waiting at the traffic light just like that!

You will never know this….but today you have become a little hero:) My day brightened considerably. I sang all the way to work, managed to go through it with very little trouble, and I even managed to start enjoying this whole “being the boss” thing.

Today has been a marvelous day….all thanx to you sir. The little bunch of flowers are proudly standing on my desk for all to see. Especially me, so that i can remember how wonderful life really is…even when you’ve overslept

Regards

Ruby

Dear 2nd in command and big bossman

I suppose this isn’t really a proper letter, it’s more like a memo which is addressed like a letter…or something to that effect.

I do realise that you guys will only be getting this on Monday but i need HELP!!!!!!! You guys can’t just decide to be sick or pack up and leave for the week and leave me in absolute control of everyone!!!!! I’ve only been doing this job for 2 and a half days! Where am I supposed to find everything and organize clients, and employees, disgruntled bookkeepers and the locksmith coming to fix our lock after the burglary…you didn’t even bother to tell me he’s coming…so if he’s charging you a fortune unnecessarily Mr Bossman….its your own fault for not telling me he’s coming and what exactly he’s supposed to do.

*breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breath in, breathe out* OK, I’m fine now. I suppose I’m gonna have to start coping with this now……i am after all now a boss *giggle* and third in command of the company. I can do this…I know I can…you know I can. I suppose you wouldn’t have given me the job and left me alone on my third day if you didn’t think I could do it.

OK, never mind, crisis averted.

Regards

Ruby