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It's a little late but I'd like to thank my lovely friends who came out with my on my birthday last week. It's such a time crunch in mid-December, I'm always happy anyone can go! And a special thank you to three of you:

The Sunday before, I'd been helping Mickey, Katie and Sami clean up the old apartment, and we went out to a diner afterward where Silas met us. Silas had brought two scooters with him--a pink one for Sami and an electric blue Razor for himself (with wheels that lit up!). We all tried them out, and I was having so much fun riding up and down the sidewalk that Silas, on the spot, offered it to me. Yes, he actually gave me the scooter he'd just bought for himself. What an amazing act of generosity! I LOVE it--I've been having so much fun with it, and have used it to commute as well. It will come in especially handy going between DeBaun and the PATH station next month!

Another thank you goes to Seth and Rachel, who took the time to find out where the Into the Woods rehearsal was the night of the 12th to drop off the present with our director, Billy. This, in and of itself, was wonderfully thoughtful but it gets better. The present was so beautifully wrapped, I put it under my little Christmas tree, just enjoying it, and didn't unwrap until Saturday afternoon. Rachel had included a note about "my fashionista side" and it turned out to be this darling little glass ornament in the shape of a fashionista with a cute little Southern outfit and bearing a bag that said "Atlanta." I loved it and immediately put it on the tree.

Sunday, disaster struck. As I was wrapping Sami's baby shower presents, Tatiana (whom we all know is somewhat large) tried to squeeeeze past the tree on the window sill, even though there was CLEARLY NO ROOM. The tree fell and everything broke. Lights, ornaments, an ornament that a friend had made for me 10 years ago, ALL the candy canes...and my beautiful little Atlanta glass doll. I flipped out--I get very sentimental about people taking the time to make or buy things for me. And I hadn't even had the thing 24 hours! I was VERY angry with Tatiana who ran and hid. The mess was everywhere. I was really very upset about the whole thing.

I saw Seth later that evening at Tesse's Hanukkah open house and he handed me a bag. In it were two new glass dolls--not Atlanta ones (they didn't have any more) but a Beverly Hills doll and a Paris doll. They are BEAUTIFUL. The Paris one is just precious--the doll has one a red overcoat with a matching red, wide-brimmed hat and jetblack hair. She is such a classic Chanel beauty. I hung them on my mod lamp, FAR out of the reach of curious, fat tabbies who KNOW they're not supposed to break stuff. Ahem. I hung my poor little broken-legged Atlanta doll next to it--even though she is disabled, she still loves her fashionista sisters. My Mulder doll and my Anakin/Obi-Wan Mustafar ornament are not far off--I'm thinking I may arrange a cocktail party for them all. I bet the Atlanta doll and Anakin hook up, since we all know he's about to lose BOTH his legs. And arms.

People are just so nice sometimes. I guess that's all I can conclude from this. People can be so kind.*

*The foregoing does not release the recipient from the obligation of writing an actual thank you note, to be delivered via postal mail in the near future.
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