We had a lovely 4 christmases, and unacceptable traffic only for one leg of the 2 day journey. Mostly, all was merry and bright. PLUS, Santa came.

Seriously, I feel like Santa answered the wishes in my heart. Mainly for money - my parents both gave me dollars, which let me make a substantial dent in my CUNY tuition for the spring semester, and nicer apartment stuff - jen's mom got us new slip covers, a new microwave, a new coffee pot, her dad got us new baking sheet, lovely new silicon spatulas. But even like, in the morning, I was saying Jen, do you need a new black turtleneck? That one is kind of ratty. And then we went to her mom's and someone gave her...a new black turtleneck! Everything we got is *useful* which is perfect and saves me from that "I'm a heel" feeling that one sometimes gets at christmas when you're like, ohhhh, thank you (but what am I ever going to do with this?) 

Thanks Santa(s)!