I have so many great memories that I wanted to write down, so I won't forget the kind, caring person that she was. Although she always claimed that she was the mean one in our friendship, but see below as to why that is so not true:
One story that she loved to tell was when I was assigned the task of cleaning the waiting room every hour on the hour. Apparently our boss at the time didn't mentioned that this was my side duty, so all of us girls at the front did this task. While in Brittany's review she asked why he always singles me out for cleaning the waiting room and he was like "Because its Kristin side duty" and she responded with "Well maybe you should let her know that because that was not made clear to any of us!" LOL! I loved how ballsy she was and she was always training me on how to not get walked all over, but of course, do it in a classy way. and I remember one time she would've been so proud of me at work and I turned to tell her and she wasn't at work yet, so I texted her and had to tell her about it and she wrote back how proud of me she was! LOL!
Another funny story that I loved hearing her tell was around Christmas when she went to get her nails done and she requested blue and she said the lady at the nail salon said "No.... red with snowflakes", so Brittany showed off her red snowflake nails and told that story over and over and I always laughed when she did. I just heard from another coworker that just recently Brittany went back to that same nail salon and got the same lady and she requested one color and was told "no purple sparkles!", I sure wish I could hear Brittany tell that story.
Yet another funny story is regarding her bangs. She got bangs a while back and one of our clients was like "you got bangs" and said it in a not very nice way, even though we all know her well enough to know that she didn't mean it like that. So of course Brittany quoted this girl ALL THE TIME and thought it was hilarious every time we brought it up. Looking back on these memories I'm discovering that Brittany was the best story teller and we introverts love to be around story tellers, so the focus isn't on us. Now I know why we were such good friends!
We aren't supposed to have favorite clients, but of course she had her favorites. I remember one teenager coming in all the time and he would never talk to any of us, only Brittany. She was so encouraging to him and once even said "New haircut, new you!" LOL! She tended to word vomit (like me) but hearing her laugh about it was the best, sometimes she would be like "I just need to eat-hangry Brittany isn't someone that should be around!" Gosh I miss her. Another client started working at the VA with me and I didn't tell Brittany about it, but when he told her she messaged me and was like "Joe Schmoe came in and said 'I work with your friend now'. LOL!
Also she befriended a little girl and her mom and this little girl loved Brittany and would draw her pictures. It was so sweet. Brittany always remembered everyone's name, which is the complete opposite of me. An NAL client said she would miss me on my last day and I still can't remember her name. I wish Brittany was at the front desk to tell me who she was on my last day. :)
At our office we could only play music without any lyrics and then later it was discovered that we could play Christian or gospel music with lyrics and Brittany found a southern gospel cd that she LOVED to play all the time. It was so funny. She was like "It reminds me of living in georgia!".
One of the other girls at the front desk and Brittany didn't get a long for the longest time and there was one instance when this girl basically tattled on Brittany and we found out about it through an email and I literally gasped when I read the email, I couldn't believe someone would be so rude and Brittany and I literally laughed forever about me gasping, once the shock died down though.
Also this same girl asked us all a question and Brittany kept telling her the answer and I was getting so annoyed because she wouldn't listen to Brittany. I finally took Brittany's advice and was like "didn't you hear Brittany, she just told you the answer!" and I was just so shocked that this girl was being so rude and basically ignoring someone. Brittany and I literally laughed about this forever after it happened too!
There was one time when we were talking (loudly) at the front desk and discovered that pretty much everyone in the office went to school at Apollo. Later our boss said "I know you all went to Apollo", whoops. I told Brittany later, something about how it wasn't me, I went to Kimball and she was like "It's always the quiet ones!" LOL! That then became her quote for me!
Yet another funny story is regarding her bangs. She got bangs a while back and one of our clients was like "you got bangs" and said it in a not very nice way, even though we all know her well enough to know that she didn't mean it like that. So of course Brittany quoted this girl ALL THE TIME and thought it was hilarious every time we brought it up. Looking back on these memories I'm discovering that Brittany was the best story teller and we introverts love to be around story tellers, so the focus isn't on us. Now I know why we were such good friends!
We aren't supposed to have favorite clients, but of course she had her favorites. I remember one teenager coming in all the time and he would never talk to any of us, only Brittany. She was so encouraging to him and once even said "New haircut, new you!" LOL! She tended to word vomit (like me) but hearing her laugh about it was the best, sometimes she would be like "I just need to eat-hangry Brittany isn't someone that should be around!" Gosh I miss her. Another client started working at the VA with me and I didn't tell Brittany about it, but when he told her she messaged me and was like "Joe Schmoe came in and said 'I work with your friend now'. LOL!
Also she befriended a little girl and her mom and this little girl loved Brittany and would draw her pictures. It was so sweet. Brittany always remembered everyone's name, which is the complete opposite of me. An NAL client said she would miss me on my last day and I still can't remember her name. I wish Brittany was at the front desk to tell me who she was on my last day. :)
At our office we could only play music without any lyrics and then later it was discovered that we could play Christian or gospel music with lyrics and Brittany found a southern gospel cd that she LOVED to play all the time. It was so funny. She was like "It reminds me of living in georgia!".
One of the other girls at the front desk and Brittany didn't get a long for the longest time and there was one instance when this girl basically tattled on Brittany and we found out about it through an email and I literally gasped when I read the email, I couldn't believe someone would be so rude and Brittany and I literally laughed forever about me gasping, once the shock died down though.
Also this same girl asked us all a question and Brittany kept telling her the answer and I was getting so annoyed because she wouldn't listen to Brittany. I finally took Brittany's advice and was like "didn't you hear Brittany, she just told you the answer!" and I was just so shocked that this girl was being so rude and basically ignoring someone. Brittany and I literally laughed about this forever after it happened too!
There was one time when we were talking (loudly) at the front desk and discovered that pretty much everyone in the office went to school at Apollo. Later our boss said "I know you all went to Apollo", whoops. I told Brittany later, something about how it wasn't me, I went to Kimball and she was like "It's always the quiet ones!" LOL! That then became her quote for me!
She was an extremely hard worker and always so complimentary to all of her coworkers on getting stuff done, even though she was probably the hardest worker out of all of us. There were so many times that I was buried in work and she would be like "What do you need me to do!" and if I thought I had to stay late she would be like "NO! you leave, I'll take care of it!". She was our closer for the longest time, so I feel like most of the work got passed to her, but she never complained about it. I've been going through our direct messages and there is one where she took care of a task that I didn't get around too and she was like "no problem at all!" That was just Brittany, such a team player!
She was ALWAYS always helping me with something. Whenever she would ask me a question I would be like "I don't know, I usually ask you, so what do you think?". LOL!
We used to have monthly competitions at work and everyone soon discovered how competitive I am and Brittany would always joke about how because I'm so competitive it made the rest of the office competitive! LOL!
I found some of my old Nystrom stuff and found a manilla folder that Brittany made for me, just because I always carried a million papers from desk to desk and I was like "Oh my gosh duh!" LOL! And then there was the time (toward the end of me being at Nystrom) and it was discovered that I was using the wrong copy code (Sorry Renae!), so Brittany did some digging and found out my code for me and wrote it on a sticky note, I still have this sticky note. Thanks Brittany!
On my last day she made me red velvet cupcakes (my fav- she was the baker at work) and got me a bunch of sweet presents and one of them that I treasure is a picture frame and picture of her and I at a baseball game, that made me feel so special and when I emailed her a good bye message, this was her response:
She was ALWAYS always helping me with something. Whenever she would ask me a question I would be like "I don't know, I usually ask you, so what do you think?". LOL!
We used to have monthly competitions at work and everyone soon discovered how competitive I am and Brittany would always joke about how because I'm so competitive it made the rest of the office competitive! LOL!
I found some of my old Nystrom stuff and found a manilla folder that Brittany made for me, just because I always carried a million papers from desk to desk and I was like "Oh my gosh duh!" LOL! And then there was the time (toward the end of me being at Nystrom) and it was discovered that I was using the wrong copy code (Sorry Renae!), so Brittany did some digging and found out my code for me and wrote it on a sticky note, I still have this sticky note. Thanks Brittany!
On my last day she made me red velvet cupcakes (my fav- she was the baker at work) and got me a bunch of sweet presents and one of them that I treasure is a picture frame and picture of her and I at a baseball game, that made me feel so special and when I emailed her a good bye message, this was her response:
Haha you will see me J The new job is good and we aren’t too far away. We will plan Valleyfair soon just have to figure out a day. But I will miss you as well <3 span="">
Best Regards,Brittany N.
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About week after my last day Brittany and I and a bunch of other coworkers went out for supper, it was so much fun. Of course we said we needed to do that again, but this was the last time I would see Brittany.
We had also planned on going to a cheese curd festival in Wisconsin, but I wasn't able to make it, so we were already planning for next summer. Valleyfair was another trip we were planning. :(
And I told her I wouldn't get out to the new building to see our new location until August, when I get my Wednesday's off because of her early work schedule (and she was one of the main reasons I would go back) and she was like "nope, we have to see each other before then!" It made me smile that she was like "I'm not going that long without us hanging out". I can't believe I won't see her anymore. sigh. I think its easy for me to pretend like nothing is wrong because we don't work together anymore and I don't normally see her everyday. It's easier to pretend that everything is just fine and we'll hang out soon.
We had also planned on going to a cheese curd festival in Wisconsin, but I wasn't able to make it, so we were already planning for next summer. Valleyfair was another trip we were planning. :(
And I told her I wouldn't get out to the new building to see our new location until August, when I get my Wednesday's off because of her early work schedule (and she was one of the main reasons I would go back) and she was like "nope, we have to see each other before then!" It made me smile that she was like "I'm not going that long without us hanging out". I can't believe I won't see her anymore. sigh. I think its easy for me to pretend like nothing is wrong because we don't work together anymore and I don't normally see her everyday. It's easier to pretend that everything is just fine and we'll hang out soon.
Also I just smile whenever I think of all the times we sat next to each other at the front desk and we would be emailing each other back and forth. There was one time I laughed by something she emailed me and someone asked what was so funny and I just made up something and then emailed Brittany and was like "I really laughed because of what you just said!" and she responded with "I figured!" LOL!
Another memory I have is when she discovered how bad my hearing is and when the sound machines are on in the office and its the top of the hour and its busy, I can't hear ANYTHING and of course its embarrassing to admit, but she would always be like "KRISTIN-did you even hear me!" LOL!!! and she was always right!, she knew that I would just nod instead of keeping asking "what" over and over. Ha!
Another memory I have is when she discovered how bad my hearing is and when the sound machines are on in the office and its the top of the hour and its busy, I can't hear ANYTHING and of course its embarrassing to admit, but she would always be like "KRISTIN-did you even hear me!" LOL!!! and she was always right!, she knew that I would just nod instead of keeping asking "what" over and over. Ha!
She also would always comment on my dessert posts on facebook and say that she could make that and I would be like "NOOOO!!! you're sabotaging me, the posts are meant to just be drool worthy!" LOL! I finally relented during my birthday, but told her to not go to too much trouble and of course she did the sweetest thing and brought in a big cake for the office and a small red velvet cupcake for me, so sweet of her to do something so special for me and to know I would love something small... without me even telling her!
And her meme's were always the best! One of our favorites was the one from Miss Congenitality about April 25th being her perfect day!! And when it was April 25th Brittany posted it on my facebook and said "today is the day!" LOL!
And her meme's were always the best! One of our favorites was the one from Miss Congenitality about April 25th being her perfect day!! And when it was April 25th Brittany posted it on my facebook and said "today is the day!" LOL!
She always was "borrowing" quarters from me for the vending machines and I would sure pay a million quarters for her to keep borrowing quarters from me. One time she brought me a diet mountain dew (my favorite!) and I asked how she knew and she was like "I pay attention!", so nonchalant about how much she focused on others instead of herself.
I went to the office yesterday, which was so hard. One of the girls said she has only been in Brittany's office once since and said I could go in, if I wanted to, but I couldn't make myself do it. I was thinking about it, just to see if she had any special mementos that would mean a lot to me, but I just couldn't do it. It felt too final. It took me a couple of days from finding out that she had passed to post something on facebook. I think I was in denial and was hoping that my friend who told me the news was wrong and that once the name is released it wouldn't be her. :(
But another girl told me how her blue cup is still in her office. That girl believed in drinking water and always harped on me for not drinking water and I was like "There isn't enough time to go to the bathroom around here!" and on my last day she also got me a cup and was like "You need to drink more water!" LOL! I used to tease her about her blue cup being in the way at the front desk, I sure wish she was around to have her cup be in the way.
I already miss her and its not even been a week. We used to message each other ALL THE TIME and I'm starting to get annoyed that she hasn't been answering me back. Please answer me back Brittany. :(
I went to the office yesterday, which was so hard. One of the girls said she has only been in Brittany's office once since and said I could go in, if I wanted to, but I couldn't make myself do it. I was thinking about it, just to see if she had any special mementos that would mean a lot to me, but I just couldn't do it. It felt too final. It took me a couple of days from finding out that she had passed to post something on facebook. I think I was in denial and was hoping that my friend who told me the news was wrong and that once the name is released it wouldn't be her. :(
But another girl told me how her blue cup is still in her office. That girl believed in drinking water and always harped on me for not drinking water and I was like "There isn't enough time to go to the bathroom around here!" and on my last day she also got me a cup and was like "You need to drink more water!" LOL! I used to tease her about her blue cup being in the way at the front desk, I sure wish she was around to have her cup be in the way.
I already miss her and its not even been a week. We used to message each other ALL THE TIME and I'm starting to get annoyed that she hasn't been answering me back. Please answer me back Brittany. :(
This is such a good reminder to everyone that life is so short and precious. I called my parents after I found out and told them both how much I love them.
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