I meant to send this to the list when it arrived, but apparently Outlook crapped out for a bit. Here it is, as it should have appeared on Dec. 7th:
Whoever sent me this WONDERFUL green squishie for my upcoming birthday should be walking on air right now, as it arrived with PERFECT timing and nearly made me cry, I needed a pick-me-up so badly! Grad school final
papers are swamping me, and things were looking bleak until I got the mail today.
The Universe is smiling upon you, since you smiled upon me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Anastasia
--who's off to write about George Herbert's poetic structure, Brian Friel's use of language, and all manner of things in Theory (which she ABHORS)!