Do They Count On Me?

This fella is just like me.
It´s the King Frog I bought on Wednesday. He came in a plastic wrapping so I couldn´t see... but it happens all the time anyways, seems like I´m meant to be the one who takes all the things crippled.
A Sheep with three legs, a solar-flower not working and oh so many more stuff.

This frog is "not kissed yet", like myself this week.
And if you take a closer look... one part of his crown is missing, just like with me - it´s fair to say that with a name like mine, Emperor. Though the pain is a bit more down, to the feet, the heart.

Maybe all these crippled things have a life, kinda. And they recognize me as one o them. Haha.
After all - I also belong to a group that way.

Well. My colleague left today for good. It was an odd feeling. He was my Team-Leader before, then a colleague, then... a friend kinda, someone who gave me heaps of advice and shared many fun and adventurous stuff, too.
I even had a piece of cake with/for/from him (yikes, waaay too sweet, felt all gacky afterwards).

Well. He´ll throw a bye-bye-BBQ and I surely will go.
All things have an end, somehow.

He´ll be in hosptal for an OP on Tuesday.
I said "... and good luck on Tuesday!" - and he replied, "for you too!".
Oh, yes. That Boss-meeting. He knows how freaky this is for me - and he cared enough to remember. Glad I see him once again later...
I´ll miss him, esp in winter - he was there 15 minutes before me - light was on, a friendly, funny guy there. Now I´ll be the first one again, and alone for over an hour...
Things change in life.