I was a bit sad that my original Secret Santa didn't come through after messaging me a bit, but was super excited when I got my rematch! She messaged me a couple times, including the fact that she's paying back student loans, which made me appreciate her all the more because 1) ouch, I'm in that situation too), and 2) she is obviously and awesomely good person to keep giving to strangers and picking up their spirits :) (especially when their real life friends who are redditors already got their fun packages!)

I received my shipping notice a while ago, but with no tracking number, so it was a bit of a surprise when it actually came! For whatever reason, the post office doesn't always deliver mail to my place, despite having a a designated mailbox stop, so sometimes my mail gets delivered to my neighbors upstairs and sometimes it straight up gets stolen (I shake my fist at you package thieves!), so I was a bit nervous that perhaps it had arrived and that some DC nogoodnik picked it up off my stoop.

Then, I received an email from one of my neighbors upstairs informing that they received a package and to pick it up when I could. After a few minutes of confusion about what I could possibly have received, a moment of elation: "perhaps it is my Reddit Rematch!" And then, a moment of anxiety: "oh crap, I hope my rematchee didn't put my Reddit username on the box for my neighbors to see and possibly stalk me on Reddit..."

Thank you, thank you, thank you, rematch Secret Santa Sara S, for coming through in the nick of time and despite being busy! I hope your new year is full of good karma, in real life and on Reddit!