I received a big parcel today and I got excited...so excited that my colleague next to me got excited...so excited that everyone else in my office got excited too! I opened the box and inside I found three perfectly wrapped gifts. I went from the smallest to the biggest: - The smallest one was a Moleskine notebook - are you kidding me?! That's perfect! I've been talking about taking my fiction writing seriously and jotting down my ideas for stories and novels wherever I go (especially when I travel), and what better way to do so than with a Moleskine notebook? (Moleskines are totally awesome.) - The middle-sized one was *drumroll* a Jawbone Up band. I repeat - A JAWBONE UP BAND! My colleagues have been reminding me daily to eat healthy and be more, well, healthy (hinting at the gym too, ugh), but now I have one more reason to do so. BESIDES, my Jawbone Up 24 stopped working a couple of months ago and I haven't really been active since. YAY for quantified self and YAY for my Secret Santa reading my mind! :) (No, I totally think he can read my mind.) - The big box was the sweetest gift, and I mean that literally. I had no idea of what could be in there, then I opened it and OH. MY. GOSH. A BOX OF SWEETS. How many sweets? ALL THE SWEETS. What kind? ALL KINDS! I can't thank my Secret Santa enough!

[Dear Secret Santa, if you're reading this, I'd like to thank you for making my day - week - month, and I wish you, your wife and baby Alexander a wonderful, wonderful Xmas and an amazing New Year!]

PS. Same time next year? ;-)