I had waited for a month or more in anticipation of my gift from my SS, and when it did not come, and my sister received hers, I was completely bummed.

But swift justice came in the form of my rematch! I was told to be patient, and I feel that the patience did, in fact, pay off! I received first a set of drawing pencils, including erasers, and pencil sharpeners, the kind that I would punch a nun for.

The second was.. The most amazing thing that I had ever seen. It is a sketchbook, leather-bound, with true parchment pages, all blank, of course. The quality is so great, that I am afraid to actually draw in it, fearing that I will simply fudge up the entire thing.

We had no Christmas this year, and things have been as difficult as ever-This could not have come at a better time.

(Because we have been busy trying to find a place to move to short notice, I was not able to get more pictures, but will tomorrow.)

Thank you very much, rematch, for taking the time and effort to do something that I will never forget.