please pray that i find my ring.

somehow in the move i have misplaced it--i looked for it everywhere last night and can't stop thinking about the possibility of the box having been thrown away or fallen out somewhere between my old apt and my new one.

it's my great-grandmother's ring.

today is awful.

i'm taking great care while wrapping my christmas presents this year.
my family will have trouble believing they're actually from me...

my venerated holiday tradition is to park outside my parents' house, throw the gifts in bags,
and top them with the emergency tissue paper i keep in the glove box.
alternately, i sneak the gifts inside so i can use mom's paper and supplies.

the easiest is just sidling in on someone else's present. 
you have to time the little knowing nod to the recipient just right. 
scenario: they are delivered a present from under the christmas tree,
and while everyone is buzzing in excitement, you make sure to catch their eye,
point demurely at the gift and modestly say, "it's from both of us."

i usually get caught, but you should give it a try.