Today was my the oral exam for my French III class - my very last class required so that I can finally graduate from college. I was super nervous, but my teacher is a good guy and spoke slowly. I ended up getting a 94% - yes! Err... oui! Today couldn't get better, right?

Wrong!

When I returned from class, a package was waiting for me. Reddit Secret Santa Gift day was here! And it was a box from Amazon - ANYTHING could be in there... so many possibilities!

Inside was a cookbook I've been wanting for a long time - Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc At Home. I love to cook and love cookbooks, and I especially love challenging myself to cook more complicated dishes that appear deceptively simple. This book will suit my purposes perfectly.

My gifter listed their name, and I hope he/she doesn't mind me mentioning it, but I really feel like I have to because, after stalking this person just a tiny bit, I discovered they are an incredibly generous, creative, funny and thoughtful person. Anyone who spends most of their Reddit time gifting things to other people in /r/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon is a hell of a human in my book.

So, tragopanic - thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart for making this exchange so terrific. And thank you for introducing me to Random_Acts_Of_Amazon, where I hope to become active as a gifter. Because as great as it feels to get stuff - like this super-amazing cookbook - it feels every bit as great to give.

Happy holidays, everyone!