What a perfect gift!!

Half of it was supposed to come in today, and half of it tomorrow. It was raining out, I was sitting on my couch writing an extremely boring paper about a tiny island in Ohio (no offense Ohio), and suddenly! A knock!

Mailman! Part one of my gift was delivered: Exploding Kittens. I've played before and it's fun and cheerful and not too heavy -- I was pumped! Definitely planning on playing it with my brother and sister when I see them at Christmas.

Then the real fun began. The second package wasn't due to arrive until Monday, but then.... another knock.

I sat down to open the surpisingly heavy box...........

Upon opening, I squealed and threw the box to the side, and hugged the cookbook like a goddamn four year old.

Unbeknownst to my Santa, this Food Lab cookbook was my #1 wanted cookbook. I love Serious Eats, I love the Food Lab, and I love Kenji.

I hugged it until a tiny tear came from my eye. Then I sent my Santa a thank you message because I didn't have time to make this post but didn't want to wait so long to say thank you.

Now, I'll say it again: THANK YOU SANTA!

You know me so well.