Becky

I checked my mail around 4:30 yesterday.  Nothing there.  Our post office really annoys me because our mail comes at a different time every day.  Sometimes it’s as early as noon, other days later than 6.  It really frustrates me that I can never tell if we just didn’t get mail or if the guy hasn’t come yet or what.  This is especially frustrating when one knows they will likely have a secret santa package coming from a lone star state knitter sometime soon.

Anyway, I usually check my mail when I come home, but as I was leaving today on my way to class, something inside me made me stop to check it on the way out thinking maybe it had come after I checked yesterday.  Well it had, and imagine how I excited I was when I saw a key for one of the package boxes!  I pulled the box out and saw the return label: Linda Q. 

I immediately thought to myself, oooh, Linda and I have a very strong common interest: the Texas Longhorns.  I wonder if there is something burnt orange inside?  Luckily I had a swiss army knife in my car, so I immediately opened the box. 

And there was burnt orange - gorgeous burnt orange!  Two balls of Zephyr laceweight.  Love it! 

Also the pattern for the Spirt of the Southwest shawl by Evelyn Clark (ravelry).  And the fun part of the gift - an alarm clock that plays the Texas fight song.  Super cute! 

And what else is funny is that I even remember thinking when I saw Linda’s post on Wednesday that "My Secret Santa package was mailed today. It should arrive tomorrow. This is so much fun. Linda Q." I thought to myself, she must have someone in Austin for it to only take a day.  Little did I know it was me :-) 

I have a seminar paper due at midnight tonight that I’m trying to finish up, and then I have to start studying for finals.  I have 4 in the next two weeks.  Oh, and on top of all of that I’m trying to get our journal to the printer, so that’s been my life these last few weeks.  This gift really came at the perfect time!