This surprise totally blew me away. I was expecting a package from Accio, like so many other times. She often sends me things so that I can distribute them to staff or for prizes for things at Immeritus.

So, the postman got to my door with a huge box. I was in the chat at the time and mentioned how it was so big that Accio must’ve been inside it. It was convinient for me because then I gave Ben (our postman) a package that is en route to Texas right now.

So I excitedly open the box to reveal a red folder with a green post-it note on it:

“Mag –
Here are the prints, wands, + stickers for bday prizes [Immeritus bday – not mine]. Also enclosed please find two gifts for you from the club.
xoxo
Accio”

So I get even more excited and see that there is this huge thing bubble wrapped in there and think “wow, she framed the prize prints!”. And then… dun dun dun! This awesome print that she made with a collage of a big “I” made out of squares. I was all excited and thought it looked so cool and was trying to figure out what the squares meant. It was funny because people in chat new what this all was and were squeeing in glee “seeing” me open the gift. Then I remember that there were “two”!!! gifts in there! So I open the box again. See a wrapped gift and tear it open. It is a scrapbook. A full blown scrapbook with pages from members all around the world. I have pages from England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, and the list goes on. All the creativity and love that was poured into this [as i found out] SIX MONTH project for me is unbelievable. Unfreakingbelievable. There is a gold page in there with a prinout of our FSA award and JK’s trophy room when we were the first winners. There are four pages worth of yearbook-style pictures in there with member’s names. I mean, this is some awesome stuff.

Yes, I cried. So sue me.

Below is a picture of the framed pic that Accio sent, and if you visit the album, you will see crappy photos of the rest of the book in order. I keep opening it and finding new things and reading new messages, finding new av’s of people, it’s just fantastic. NO WORDS!! Just my heartfelt thanks to every single one of you that took part in this sooper sekrit project, and uber thanks to Accio. You have some timing. 🙂

Framed picture This is a framed picture of some of the pages of the scrapbook comprising a collage of a big “I”. “I” is for Immeritus. =D