By the way, Anne, that blueberry bark is mighty tasty but those fruity chocolate thingies are freaking delicious and I need to stop eating them before they're all gone.

The raspberry caramels? Those things have become my favorite Serious Indulgence candy ever.

I was holding off until a better sense of equilibrium hit me, but I think this is it for a while. Overall, a good year with lots of growth and change and movement. Many, many new friendships and insights. Once again, please to show you my awe at this particular community and how powerful a force for good (despite best attempts in natter) it is.

teh good

• DH's new (first in 10 years) REAL job
• Iris sprog and those things she says
• being on the same coast as Sparky & Sparky DH
• delurking on b.org
• rediscovering that friends are friends no matter where you are
• TWC
• a week at the beach in June, lots of great roadtrips
• reconnecting with mentors, finding new inspiration - hoping for more time in 2008.
• (ETA) Oh, and DUH! Tiara!

teh bad

• moving away from friends that are like family and family that are as friends
• [nonprofit bizarroland rollercoaster universe]
• sad realizations about what 10 years in one raggedy-edge, but useful-for-paying-off-a-PhD/postdoc lifestyle, spot does to a person's resume.

teh meh

• house issues (and Alan STFU Greenspan's sense of timing)

yay anne!

yay fruitcake!

Thank you !

Fruitcake!!!!

Nom nom nom!

So...I gots me a package last night!!! Very cool stuff indeed. Considering how much I couldn't think of what to put down on my info bit my "Seekrit Santa" did wonderfully.

My Loot:
Rice Crispy Treats: These are a favorite "Go me!" rewards already.
Trader Joe's Chocolate: (In my part of VA we have no Trader Joe's)
Shit List and Cell Citation pads: Both of which can be used at work
X-mas Mix: It's a killer mix indeed. It's currently working overtime

I'm very very happy! All I know about my Santa is the post mark is from Philly. As unfamiliar with my b.org-eography... whom do I thank?

OK, Seekrit Santa story time (now, with pictures!):

So I got a UPS note two days ago. I swing by my apartment office, pick up a package. (A long, weird box.) I get home, I start to open it, I see "1 of 2" written at the top. Hoof it back to the office, but missed them by a minute, no lie.

So I wait to open it. Don't even look at the label. Today, I go get the other package. I now must officially deem SailAweigh the COOLEST.

So it's no secret to some that I'm a big ol' Supernatural fan. So what does Sail get me but a "Winchester Emergency Kit." It includes a model Chevy Impala (with doors that really open), a tool kit for the trunk (which can't open, but that's ok), which is so tiny that I needed to show scale, and a pop gun which I'm sure a tiny Dean begged for Christmas 1982.

This is, no exaggeration, probably the coolest gift I will get all year. I can't thank you enough, Sail, this is SO AWESOME.

That's just amazing

we got fruitcake! YAY! Thank you Anne.

Happy solstice celebration of your choice!

I sent my Sekrit Santee package out last Wed. and hope it wings its way, far, far away, by next week. I'll be away from my regular computer until Jan. 2, so chances are good that I won't be able to squee about anything until then, in case anything arrives for me before then (no rush!). I am taking-home-with-unofficial-yet-real-permission a work laptop, and maybe I'll find some free WiFi somewhere, ya never know. (Why yes, I do live in a cave.)

Have fun; be safe!!! (Our janitor was attacked in the parking lot at 4 PM and is injured but okay. WTF??)