MISSION: Send Secret Agent L on a Scavenger Hunt

What I love is when people turn the SAL tables on me and send ME on a mission of kindness–the receiving end!

Today, while I was at work, a colleague of mine drew my attention to the doorway to my office.  “Laura,” she said, “you might want to come take a look at this.” She sounded concerned. “It looks like it might be a trick.”

I got from my desk and slowly made my way over to the doorway. My colleague stood there, staring at something, a puzzled look on her face.  “I don’t know what this is,” she continued.

I stepped around the doorway and saw this:

It was an envelope, hanging from some string, fishing wire, and a fishing hook. And it was clearly marked for me.

I took it to my desk and opened it. A clue was waiting for me:

I. Got. So. Excited.

On my lunch break, I met with a fellow cast member with whom I am currently performing in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. We ate our lunches, ran some lines, and then he walked around campus with me to find the second clue.

Sure enough, under a bench, near a tree, I found it:

Again: SO. EXCITED.

Here’s what it said:

My friend was like, “You HAVE to text message me when you find out what it is.”  And off I went. I went into the building where my office is, which is also right near the bench where I found the second clue. I took the elevator up three flights to the TV that’s mounted on the wall by the Journalism and Multimedia Department. And then I looked left: to the door of that very department.

I walked in, told my colleague and fellow administrative assistant Sally what was going on. I looked at her desk.

And I found this:

Clearly, I was on the right track.

So I opened it up. And much to my happy surprise, I found these:

 

I was so, so touched. I later found out that one of the graduate students in the Journalism and Multimedia Department put it all together for me.

And it completely made my day.

THANK YOU, VITO!!!