I hate office parties. All of your coworkers stand around a conference room, yell surprise, and you have to pretend you didn’t know you were getting a cake. Today, however, I didn’t have to pretend to be surprised. I had no clue.

The lovely ladies I work with threw me a baby shower. It was so sweet of them! They even did individual gifts in addition to the big ol office gift. Awww. And people didn’t seem to feel obligated to be there—which is always nice. I was touched—and filled with cheese, cupcakes, and sparking apple peach cider.