surprise!

work was remarkably less tragic than i thought it would be last night, as i lay in bed replaying all the horrors of the last few days before winter break, trying to imagine what i was in for today.  it was, all and all, much nicer than it could have been, so i have my lucky stars to thank for that.  having dreaded it for the past two days has done wonders for my skin, though - i've already started to break out again and it's only day one.

this afternoon, my christmas present came in the mail, which made luke very happy, as it had been lost in the bermuda triangle of christmas packages for the past two weeks.  he got me a delightfully hilarious charm bracelet - he wrapped up each charm individually and hung the little packages from boughs of our christmas tree (which, yes, is still up and decorated and is giving off the most wonderful holiday smell as it decays front and center in our apartment).  it was adorable, and actually pretty hysterical, because he'd found the following charms: a loaf of bread, a mammoth, a can of diet coke, a squirrel, a bachelor's degree, and, among others, a potato.  a potato!  anyone who has known me for more than two minutes could attest that my entire life's work can be summarized by the charm bracelet i've got now.  it was a very, very cute idea.

<3.