still sick, but clean, and overwhelmed with belated birthday joy
Grrr. I left my good moisturizer in Missouri.
And I know why: because my mother insisted on mixing all my toiletries in with the ones belonging to household members in the only usable bathroom in the house (the other one has a big sign on the door reading "KEEP OUT," with good reason), and I thought it belonged to my sister (we use the same kind) and didn't reclaim it. Ironically, this is exactly the sort of thing I TOLD my mother would happen if she would insist on moving all my stuff.
I also left my best knit hat, my Dansk super sale coffee cups, my savings bond certificates (AGAIN), and a roll of Care Bear Christmas wrapping paper--I don't think that last would be very easy to ship, and I suspect open moisturizer doesn't travel well. Hopefully the rest can be mailed.
Speaking of which, I checked for mail before taking a shower earlier and discovered a wonderful package from capnmctruman! Man, there is nothing like being a little over two months late to really give a birthday package the element of SURPRISE. :D (bee_stung will, uh, kindly remember this.)
It's incredible. She sent me HELLO KITTY TOAST-SHAPED NOTES IN A TOASTER-SHAPED DISPENSER. DUDE. You press the lever and a piece of toast-shaped note paper pops out! It is brown and has an imprint of Hello Kitty on it, just like the toast produced by the actual Hello Kitty toaster. (Of course there is a Hello Kitty toaster.) There is a little pen attached of which, for some reason, the packaging sternly warns against misuse. I think I will take it to the office.
She also sent me a stationery set, and an AWESOME book of MAIL TO THE DEAD: Postal Seance: A scientific investigation into the possibility of a postlife postal existence. It includes two pages of stickers, demonstrating that yes, it is even more awesome that you would assume at first glance.
And the birthday card itself? Perfection. It's Olivia! With her mouth comically wide-open and the top of the card shaped like her head! Man.
ETA: http://poisonsoda.org/extras/movies/HKtoaster.mpg
And I know why: because my mother insisted on mixing all my toiletries in with the ones belonging to household members in the only usable bathroom in the house (the other one has a big sign on the door reading "KEEP OUT," with good reason), and I thought it belonged to my sister (we use the same kind) and didn't reclaim it. Ironically, this is exactly the sort of thing I TOLD my mother would happen if she would insist on moving all my stuff.
I also left my best knit hat, my Dansk super sale coffee cups, my savings bond certificates (AGAIN), and a roll of Care Bear Christmas wrapping paper--I don't think that last would be very easy to ship, and I suspect open moisturizer doesn't travel well. Hopefully the rest can be mailed.
Speaking of which, I checked for mail before taking a shower earlier and discovered a wonderful package from capnmctruman! Man, there is nothing like being a little over two months late to really give a birthday package the element of SURPRISE. :D (bee_stung will, uh, kindly remember this.)
It's incredible. She sent me HELLO KITTY TOAST-SHAPED NOTES IN A TOASTER-SHAPED DISPENSER. DUDE. You press the lever and a piece of toast-shaped note paper pops out! It is brown and has an imprint of Hello Kitty on it, just like the toast produced by the actual Hello Kitty toaster. (Of course there is a Hello Kitty toaster.) There is a little pen attached of which, for some reason, the packaging sternly warns against misuse. I think I will take it to the office.
She also sent me a stationery set, and an AWESOME book of MAIL TO THE DEAD: Postal Seance: A scientific investigation into the possibility of a postlife postal existence. It includes two pages of stickers, demonstrating that yes, it is even more awesome that you would assume at first glance.
And the birthday card itself? Perfection. It's Olivia! With her mouth comically wide-open and the top of the card shaped like her head! Man.
ETA: http://poisonsoda.org/extras/movies/HKtoaster.mpg