Santa Squee!

[rinkafushi]

I am late to post this, and for that, I apologise. Both the lovely letter from cyanshadow (reply is on its way!!!) and the amazing parcel from lightofthewind arrived just in time for German Christmas (24th Dec)! Being majorly stressed out since pretty much early November, they were things I very much looked forward to unpacking right on the 24th (my first day of break),

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[lightofthewind]

No need to apologize since (as you can see) I’ve been even more delayed in both posting my own squee post and giving you a proper reply orz (Can really relate to the lack of brainspace…. I haven’t felt able to write a full sentence that’s not work-related - and even those are starting to get increasingly trying - in weeks or even months 🥲)

Sad to hear about your sickness and I hope you’ve made a full recovery by now!

I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed everything :D I was really happy to have been given the chance to reciprocate the wonderful package you’ve sent me a couple of years back 🥰

[Alas, the novel rec has become somewhat useless atm since danmei translators have started locking their work in protest/as a safeguard against plagiarism and thus this novel is also no longer available online 😞 I will come back here with updates in case the situation changes in the future but it’s really a shame because it truly deserved reaching a wider audience.
(On another note, I’m not sure how much you enjoy fluffy m/m romance novels, but I’ve recently read Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall, which was pure silly fun and a wonderful pick-me-up.)]

Hahahaha I really love those cough drops and I figured they’d be helpful during winter (I also may or may not enjoy savoring them regardless of my throat condition 😄)

I feel like your description of Portuguese is similar to my own experience with German (only I would never manage to get through 10 whole manga chapters omg - which is a shame because there’s definitely several less known stuff I’m into that’s been licensed in German but *not* in English 😩)

Awww I’m thrilled you liked the soap! It’s handmade by a friend of my boss’s.

And just as overjoyed the tea met with approval :D

Glad to hear you liked the scarf 🙏 (It truly is very soft ;w;) I was slightly worried when picking the colour which is why I went with something I figured could be versatile! Seems like it was the right call 😊

Thank you so much for sharing your feedback and I hope 2022 treats you well 🥳😘

[rinkafushi]

I feel we're going to be going in circles apologising at this point :'D Life has been so busy I didn't manage to reply until now, sorry! I have fully recovered, yeah, which I think is thanks to stress just keeping the machine going haha :'D

Aw, too bad about the novel, but on the other hand, they are currently licensing them left and right, so maybe an official version will be availabe soon enough, English or German! :)

The cough drops are still unopened on account of me miraculously not yet having caught anything cold-wise this year /knocks on wood
But I'm sure they'll come handy at some point! I have a looooud 6th grade....

Now you've got me curious - which things are licensed in German but not English??!
I can imagine, though - if I squint hard enough I can get the gist of many other Germanic languages (Dutch and Danish, less so Swedish), and my knowledge of Romance languages is a total mess due to how I learned them. I'm an exclusively passive user at this point, but with 4 I've *technically* learned at some point Portuguese was somewhat doable with help of the pictures and context :'D They were the backstory chapters for my fave, so I was VERY determined :D :D

And wow, your boss's friend is skilled then!! I'm still reluctant to use it... it's too pretty...

Wishing you all the best for 2022 as well!!