Gift from afar

A few weeks ago, I arrived home from work and checked my mailbox (the one where you have to physically open) and to my surprise, tucked in there was a pink package sent to me from Korea.  Finding this was like the sliver of sunshine that comes through the clouds after a storm... I had had a tough week preparing for the miserable final.

I was so giddy with excitement that my friend from halfway around the world kept me in mind enough to send me a package.  So you'd think I'd ripped open the thing as soon as I got inside my home.  No such thing.  I left it sitting on the table for a solid week, willing myself to wait until after the test to open it, so I could really savor the enjoyment of the present.

That was the plan anyway... however, as it turned out, after the test I felt so miserable and self-loathing that I felt I deserved no present from afar.  A person who just failed a final exam doesn't deserve to open any presents.  It took another day of the gift staring me down and also thinking that my friend's thoughts would be for naught if I kept it unopened before me to actually open it.

 The contents:  A lovely note intricately folded, cellphone charms, & BB cream samples (because I'm vain).

The cellphone charms were supposed to signify my SO and me.  Because the package was jiggled around a lot in transit, and also because I wanted to guess what was in it, the charms were slightly askew.  When my SO finally opened it, I took the girl charm and inspected it.  It had a magnet on one side of the charm. The conversation that ensued went something like this:

Me: "What's the magnet for?"
Him: "Refrigerator?"
Me: sticking it on the fridge for show.... "No.... It doesn't look right.  I wonder what it's for..."
Him: "Koreans.... I don't know how it works, dear."

We left it at that, and it wasn't until a full 10 minutes later when I got to cleaning up the packaging that I actually held the two charms together.  Of course the magnets on each charm stuck to each other that I had my brilliant epiphany...

Me: "Ohhhhhhhh... DURH  they're supposed to stick to each other, just like you're supposed to stick to me!"
Him: ROFL

Then....

Me: "But why are they scratching their heads?"
Him: "..."

Another 10 minutes....

Me: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh.... they make the heart shape with their hands!  DURRHH!!!!!"
Him: ROFL

The girl's dress has rhinestones on it - so adorable!

My SO and I, we are special people, special indeed.  Thanks to my friend for the love and the laughs.