the gift

i don't know why i forgot to write about this, but i did. reading io's entry reminded me that while i mentioned it on facebook, i had not blogged about it. oops.

a long time ago, before penny was my pony, i found out he worked with alpacas, and i begged for some fleece. i had no particular reasoning aside from carding the wool and making yarn from it (which i don't know how to do), or perhaps selling it. i'd been promised a care package for ages, but life kept getting in the way.

one was sent to me, but in the midst of customs it turned out my address hadn't been written right, so it was sent back to the great white north. double checking, triple checking, i get pinged that the package has been sent again, and it was bigger than before. i didn't really know what to expect, all i had asked for was some soap that he hand makes and even some fleece.

a few days after the confirmation that the package was mailed, it appears on my doorstep.  i brought it inside, unsure of how to open it. io, my beloved waifu, has a habit of sending glitter bombs to people she likes, so i was admittedly a little apprehensive.

penny assured me there was no glitter in it because i have dogs, but still. she is a trickster's daughter same as me, so i was a bit skeptical. with the help of jason, we carefully sliced the medical tape off of the box (that made me laugh, because they were out of regular tape. i do that too), and i waited for a puff of glitter.

when none came, i peered inside. all i could see was fluff. confused, i sat down on the couch and opened the box all the way. inside there was raw fleece, and a bunch of little stars. i got excited, io had sent me loads of pictures of the origami stars she makes, and how she has glasses and glasses of them full. a rainbow of colors and shades, different sizes that tormented me in their cuteness.

carefully picking the stars out, jason got a bag and i put in the first layer of fleece. underneath that were some soaps. then fleece, then soaps, repeated until i got to the bottom of the box. i felt like a kid at christmas, and i have the fleece contained in a bag while i decide what to do with it. the stars are on my table, and the soaps are in the box to keep the dogs from eating them.

i have a gift for them too, four jars i made myself. i just haven't had the time to mail them yet, so after easter is over, i will go to the store to get bubble wrap, and some stamps too before i figure out how the heck i'm going to mail them to the island.

i also plan on taking more photos of flat romana once the weather stabilizes. i haven't decided on a location yet, but i may go to westport or montesano and snap more pics on a quasi-educational jaunt like last time. i fully intend on healing the hurt from the broken promise of someone claiming they would take photos in scotland, and never delivering beyond the one.