This was, by far, the hardest week I have had in recent memory (although given my forgetful nature that may not be very long at all). Still, my fiancee and love of my life left me for a co-worker, of which the company is owned by her step-dad. I see nothing but troubled times ahead for the both of them. In any case, I work a job that I hate, for not a lot of money, so one can only assume coming home to an empty house after just being left is not a fun experience. However, today was different. I come home to a package on my stoop, I figured it was something I ordered for the family for the upcoming holidays as I received no notification about the gift being sent. I look to see who it is addressed to, and it's MY SS! I immediately forgot what has happened over the past few days and get to unwrapping. The first thing, and probably my favorite of the bunch, is a homemade card. Complete with the reddit alien, pineapple, my 2 dogs, and breaking bad style merry christmas. The back of the card has a well known chemical to most ents, and given my biochemical background, they even got the orientation of the atoms right! Perfect. I proceed to rip open the Buffalo Sabres themed wrapping paper, which was nice because as stated in the card they told me to take out my frustration on their terrible season on the paper. It helped. The first item was a set of Chuck-It balls for my dogs, and to those of you who don't know, these are the high quality, indestructible, balls that ALL dogs love. My two wouldn't even let me start to open anything else before I gave it to them. After they were done romping around with their new toy, I opened the second gift in the box. an Umphrey's McGee shirt and decal, and although I don't want to be THAT GUY, I am definitely going to wear it to the upcoming show in Rochester. Next was a curious box, which I opened cautiously. In it, an assortment of items no ent could not be ecstatic about. First I found an Umphrey's coozie packed with some nice rolling papers, and a device called the V Syndicate Chunky V grinder. I had no idea what it was until I opened it up. And HOLY BALLS, a portable grinder that fits in your wallet? Absolutely must have been engineered by a fellow ent.

And lastly, I unwrapped a box of delicious looking GooGoo Clusters. I have never heard of them, but I am having the hardest time resisting to eat all of them now. I keep telling myself to wait. Wait until I am hiking with my dogs, after using my new portable grinder and rolling papers, making my way to a nice [6] (my favorite place to be btw), and I am sure I will appreciate these GooGoo Clusters to their full extent. I think all of these things were made to be used in tandem for their full effect. I can not thank you enough eko425. This was truly unexpected, and has made me smile for the first time in over a week. It is generosity like this that still gives me hope that there are good people out there. I am planning on doing some long distance travel to see some shows in the near future. Making my way down to your neck of the woods is not out of the question. If I do, I'd love to burn one (or three) with you. Again, eko425, thank you.

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