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December 04, 2005
the weirdly generous uncle strikes again
So this afternoon I got a message on my answering machine (I always screen my calls because nine out of ten are sales people) from my creepy but weirdly generous uncle. He decided that now was a good time to be creepy but weirdly generous again.
The message: Elena, this is Joe. Hey, I dropped over and left a Christmas present for you. I didn't want to wait, figured it was kind of stupid to wait until Christmas. So I left it on the front porch on the card table.
I went out to the front porch, and lo and behold, there was a Christmas gift bag sitting on the card table. He must've left it while my mom and I were out at lunch. Either that or he's even creepier than I thought and didn't knock on the door.
The gift bag was heavy. This, I discovered, was because it was half-filled with change. He's fond of giving me his change that I then take to the bank and turn into bill-type money. And buried in the coinage was (were?) the following items:
1 hundred dollar bill
1 ten dollar bill
5 one dollar bills
a $75 gift card for Marshall Field's
a crystal flower thing that I would've adored at age eight
a skunk bean-bag toy (hee!)
a toffee candy bar
I was laughing so loud that my mom heard me upstairs. I don't really know why I was laughing, except that my uncle had decided to be all creepy and generous again. Why did he think it was stupid to wait for Christmas? I do not know. Knowing him and his weird generosity, I'll get even more presents at the big family Christmas Eve get-together. And then maybe more on Christmas day, because he usually comes over to my house then.
I like presents, and money makes me happy, but the sheer amount of cash he gives me makes me uncomfortable. He should spend his own money! It's not like he's rich, and he's probably given me more money than all the rest of my relatives put together. He doesn't shower my cousins in cash like he does me, either. :/
But anyway. I am now ~$200 richer. I guess my mom gets more Christmas presents this year. :P
So far as site news goes, I finally got my Flinx working properly, yay! So hopefully within the next few days I'll get something up in the visitor section.
Posted by Elena at December 4, 2005 07:01 PM