This gift is so completely wonderful. I knew when I woke up this morning that it was out for delivery and I didn't get the package until I walked in the door from work at 9:45 tonight, and it deserved every bit of the excitement I had built up for it all day.

Alexgus said that he's bad at planning gifts, and that he was going to pick some neat things that he hoped would make me happy, so he sent a neat periodical called yeti with a CD in the back that I'm really excited about. The book includes a story about a city in Tennessee called Oak Ridge that used to be a weapons enclave that I'm especially excited to read - it'll be a good way to brush up on the history of the state I transplanted myself to.

Second was a CD called Dear Companion by two gentleman named Ben Sollee - whom dear alexgus went to school with - and Daniel Martin Moore who is from my slightly-more-home-city of Cincinnati.

Third was BBQ sauce from a place called Mark's that he wanted me to compare to famous Memphis BBQ. Unfortunately, I haven't actually had real Memphis BBQ in the entire 11 1/2 months I've lived here. It smells amazing (I haven't tasted it yet), lots of spice and a surprising amount of garlic. I can see why it's his favorite.

Last but absolutely not even a little bit least was an even more delicious smelling bag of coffee from a place called Heine Brothers in Mr. Alex's hometown that he basically called his home away from home. It's Fair Trade and Certified Organic and I can't wait to take it by my amazing local coffee shop that I couldn't do without so that I can have them grind it for me.

Thanks again alexgus. This gift is about 1000X better than I expected it to me.