Everything really came together today and I couldn't be happier thanks to my Secret Santa. Last week took its toll on me. Nothing serious, but quite a lot of overtime at work and a series of minor setbacks had left me somewhat down.

Today, I took the afternoon off and came home to my neighbour leaving the house, saying she had a package for me, which came as a big surprise, as was not expecting anything. The email saying my gift had been sent was, as I would later find out, lost in my spam folder. If I had arrived 5 minutes later, I would have had to wait until late in the evening for her to come back so the timing was perfect.

On my profile, I'd written that I've been recently venturing into electronics and the programming that operates them. As my bucketlist-item I mentioned that I'd like to create an artificial assistant like Jarvis from the Iron Man movies.

So I quickly opened the package to find a wonderful combination of gifts. The latest Raspberry Pi (model 3B) mini-computer with an official case, charger ánd SD card as well as a book on how to start making your own virtual assistant using the aforementioned Raspberry Pi.

To top it all of, and what really made my day, the author of the book mentioned in the introduction that Iron Man's Jarvis inspired him to make this book.

Thank you so much, Secret Santa. The gift is absolutely perfect and I'm going to get started on it right away.