Monday, September 19, 2011

Cookies or Cupcakes?

Or neither? Thursday is my last treatment and some sort of celebration/thank you is in order. I just can't figure out what. Do I send the nurses a singing telegram? Do I go in with a choreographed dance and be the singing telegram? I don't want to disrupt other patients' treatment or offend them since they are all at different stages in their treatment plans. But a celebration is in order. A major stage of my treatment plan will be completed. And the nurses need to be thanked. For 16 weeks they took care of me and had the difficult task of not only putting up with my crazy but also making me sicker to make me better. How hard must it be to administer drugs day after day knowing how sucky they make people feel? But they do it. And they get to see happy stories, but they also have to keep working even after sad stories. These nurses have a hard job and I have appreciated the care they have given me beyond words.

That being said, my mind automatically jumped to something sweet when I thought about how to thank them. The Flying Cupcake is one of my favorite places to visit downtown so what better way to thank them than bring in some deliciousness. Then I paused. Remembered that I am a health fitness specialist. And thought that maybe sweets weren't such a good idea. Sure, I am celebrating/thanking them, but they get that quite often. There are usually goodies of some sort sitting out on the counter. So I thought a fruit bouquet might be a cute and healthy option. Then I saw the prices on those suckers and thought about how I could make one myself. Then I pictured myself with a sharp object trying to cut pretty shapes out of various fruits and decided against the whole fruit bouquet idea.

So now I am at a loss. And this is where you, my avid readers (if there are any of those out there), weigh in. Do I forego all health fitness specialist rules and bring cupcakes to overweight nurses? Or is there a healthier option that is just as thanking?

3 comments:

  1. Well, even a health fitness specialist can say "everything in moderation," right? I think cupcakes are fine. Perhaps you could get some carrot cake ones; then they would count as a vegetable, too. At least that's the logic I use?

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  2. How about sandwiches? Everyone loves a good turkey on rye ;)

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  3. you definitely have avid readers!

    I think even just a fruit salad with a heartfelt card would be lovely!

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