In a Zelda-esque moment, lights shimmering and cameras swirling, I opened a mysterious, little box that came while I was out of town.

With a box cutter (that isn't even mine. Where did it come from?), I cut through the tape, revealing packing paper.

Quickly turning that into a ball (and then wishing I had a basketball hoop at which I could throw my ball - and miss the basket), I found a penguin.

PENGUIN!

Opening the plastic bag that surely must be suffocating it, I see that not only is it a penguin... it's a penguin ON A HAT!

Will it fit? I have big hair sometimes.

It does _^

Thanks, Secret Santa!

(note in photos my bed sheets and friends by the computer)