A toast to life, happiness and a reunion at work

The vacation period is over and with it the return to the classroom for students and the return of workers to their workplaces. This is a stage in which many of us meet again, talk about our vacation period, what we did and we get ready to redouble our efforts to meet the goals we still have to achieve by the end of the year.

I was looking forward to September 6 because my work colleagues were joining us and several questions filled my head:

How to celebrate the reunion with the workers?
What activity should I do to let them know how much I missed them and how much I love them?

Unfortunately, I could not resort to the formula of the Cuban Table (plates of food, sweets, refreshments...) because it was a stage of many economic expenses and I could not submit myself to this nor submit them to them.

Then again the richness of pleasure and joy saved my day: A cup of coffee was the ideal thing to toast and talk about our vacation adventure.

Unbeknownst to them, I summoned them to my workplace. I asked them to be there at 8:30 a.m. to welcome them so they could not assume that we would have a toast.

At 8:00 a.m. I made all the preparations: I washed the coffee pot and prepared it with water, I looked for the coffee, sugar, some cups and glasses so that they would not know about my surprise.

When the coffee was brewed I sent for them, but, as soon as they arrived the aroma of coffee gave me away and their faces began to laugh and show all the happiness for the reception and the joy of being able to savor the first cup of family coffee of the month because it is certain that we had all had coffee in September, but not with the work family.

My co-workers arrived and I poured the coffee in each of the pots that I had gotten, which I then gave to each one of them, to proceed with the toast. Someone asked what we were toasting for and without thinking I said it was a toast for the happiness I had that they were back at work and for being alive.

We then began to enjoy our cup of coffee and to talk about what we had experienced during the month of August during our vacation.

Some talked about their trip to the beach, others about their walks in the countryside and some, like this author, about the enjoyment of the sporting events broadcast during the vacation period, such as the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, or the joy of watching soap operas or television series.

After this moment, which seemed too short, we started working on each of our tasks.
It is amazing how simple things are so profound. I didn't know how to welcome my workers after vacation and I thought that the idea of the coffee mug would not be enough. How wrong I was!

Again I confirm that the coffee mug is a powerful treasure. Yesterday I read a post by Hive account@daysiselena in which she said that having a cup of coffee accompanied by people we love is a wonder. How right it is there. I would say more because this toast did us a lot of good and it was an exercise that gladdened our souls and filled us with shared joy.

Note: The photos were taken with my Redmi note 12 phone.
The translator used was DeepL Translate.