I had a not-so-good conversation with my manager before leaving work. The commute home was long, stop-and-go traffic the whole drive. Frustrated, I decided to take an alternate route, one I had taken the previous night without problem. I took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up 15 minutes away from the neighborhood I recently moved to. Naturally, I was a bit grumpy.

I opened the door and saw the package I was not expecting. I knew my SS had shipped it a few days ago, but I did not think I would get this quick. I immediately smiled and could not wait to find out what waited inside.

I took the box to the kitchen while my helpful roommate cleared off a space on the island. I opened the top and anxiously peered into the sea of packing peanuts. The first items I noticed were three Meridian Underground Music stickers (a quick Google search later revealed MUM to be a store near my SS in MS). I have a passion for music, so this was awesome.

The next gift I pulled from the box was a rainbow-something inside a tape-sealed bag. The rainbow-something turned out to be an LGBTQ cape (or flag, if you want to look at it that way). I am a gay man and child at heart, so I was delighted by this.

There was a second rainbow-something, smaller than the first. "What is this?" I thought out loud. I pulled off the elastic bands holding it closed. "It is a small rainbow pouch! Wait, something is inside..." I reached in and pulled out a nice pipe (r/trees shout-out). I needed a new one, so this came at an excellent time.

Thank you so much, SS! This was my first reddit Secret Santa exchange, and I am super happy. I hope my giftee is as excited with the gifts I sent them as I am with these.