Every once in a while, you have a bad morning. Slightly less often than that, you have a truly rotten morning. On extremely rare cases, something AWESOME comes along and kicks your rotten morning in the ass and makes the rest of your day sing-songy and full of cheer. This is the story of one of those rarest of rare mornings.

I work in the mailroom. My coworker called in sick. That means I was double-busy all day. Sorting mail, sorting mail, sorting mail, hey! This one's for me! Hell to the yeah. Put it in my locker for later.

Finally go on break and open it up, and my brain nearly exploded with sheer joy and excitement.

Our cat is Jezebelle. She can be a damnable malcontent at times, but she goes full-on kitten-mode for kitty treats and catnip. She doesn't know about the treats yet, but she's sniffing around the box on my living room floor as I type this as though she suspects there might be nip in there. She's right. Her night is about to get good-weird in a few minutes. Here she is being especially adorable: http://imgur.com/a/2fidC

My niece-dog's name is Inanna. Here's a selfie I took of the two of us on a long road trip a couple years ago: http://i.imgur.com/BeCuw.jpg We have one of those kinds of relationships. I can't wait to take this toy and treats to her at my brother/SIL's place and continue to buy her affection.

But the real kicker(s) are the two AMAZING hand painted portraits. Jez and Inanna captured perfectly in all their friendly domestic mammalian glory! These are going directly on the wall tonight where we can show them off to everyone we know.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is a truly outstanding gift. Cheers!