I am going to start this off by saying that some days in university are worse than others. Today for instance, I spilled coffee all over my dress on my way to a meeting with the dean of my faculty. This would usually set the course for the rest of the day but lucky for me today is the day that my student survival package got here and I could not be more thrilled and happy with my wonderful and amazing santa!

First, there was a letter on the package that was so sweet and thoughtful that it took me reading it twice before I actually got to the gift part. My santa and I happen to have a lot in common and, other than them being from the decided not best place in Canada since that is the west coast ;), they are someone that I definitely hope to work with and spark a friendship with in the future.

The next part, and the part that my boyfriend lovingly rolled his eyes at, was that THEY GOT ME A SHINY NEW FOUNTAIN PEN <3 <3 <3. Now, for most this may not seem like much.. but for me this was the best gift I could have possibly received. Not only am I obsessed with stationary and fountain pens, but I am studying for the GRE right now and this makes it so much more enjoyable. It is also the first pen I have got that has a story behind it (they got it while in India.. how cool is that!) so I can go on about that whenever the pen gets brought up.. which it will.

Thank you so much for the thoughtful gift and for letter and I really do look forward to keeping in touch!

Ps. Your heart drawing was wonderful.. good luck with your drawing class!