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December 19, 2007
I received another Christmas card from one of my dearly beloved newspaper customers this morning. I took it out of my mailbox on my way home from the restaurant job this afternoon.
Usually, after working at the restaurant all morning, which is immediately after I finish my paper route in the middle of the night, the procedure for walking into my apartment is to stand in the living room and throw everything I’m holding in every direction while simultaneously kicking off my shoes before I sprint to the bedroom. Bello has come to expect this and cowers under the rocking chair until he hears heels hit the TV.
I was especially tired today but remembered the card and tore it open as I crawled into bed. My first reaction to what I saw was, “Hm, how ’bout that!” And then I returned it to the envelope and sat there for a moment.
I opened it again and looked around like, hey, I should probably show this to the dog because I’m not sure how to react and could use a model. Another thought flew through my mind, and for a few seconds, it’s what I settled on: “Hey, pretend money! What a clever idea to send one of those fake, funny bills for an amount that would nearly exceed a whole year’s worth of delivered newspapers!” And I was happy with this, because they thought of me. A Christmas joke! Yeehaw!
Before today, I’d never seen a hundred-dollar bill in real life. Seeing three numbers printed in the corners — three digits — still has me somewhat perplexed, and I’ll take it to the bank later but only after I reopen the card and look at it a few more times.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Woot! Sweetie, you deserve it.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Hm … delivering newspapers is a bit more lucrative than I remember.
Congratulations — and take good care of Mr. Franklin.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Wow, congratulations!
December 19th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Aww, how sweet.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:52 am
You did a lovely job of capturing the “shock” emotion here. :)
December 19th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Sometimes… little things like these make the not-so-wonderful things a little more bearable :)
Perfect timing huh?
December 19th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Wow, that’s pretty fucking cool.
December 19th, 2007 at 2:32 am
Well that’s a happy surprise.
Yeehaw?!
December 19th, 2007 at 2:53 am
I was TIRED, Robert!
December 19th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Good for you! What a bonus!!! See, avoiding that lab poo has really paid off. Merry Christmas!
December 19th, 2007 at 8:47 am
Karma =) Yayy!
December 19th, 2007 at 9:00 am
You deserve this. Merry Christmas!
December 19th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Wow!! How cool. Can I borrow $75? lol
December 19th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Great!! Isn’t nice to be appreciated?
December 19th, 2007 at 10:28 am
That’s totally awesome. You deserve it!
December 19th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Awesome! Breaking it is the hardest, because you’ll never want to part with good ol’ Benjamin.
It is indeed, all about the Benjamins baby!
December 19th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Yup, that Karma bitch works both ways. Nice people do eventually get what they deserve.
December 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hooray for Christmas bonuses!!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Woah!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
That’s so cool! You deserve it! Do you have anyway to thank the person that gave it to you? How do you get cards? Do they go to the main office?
Woah, lotsa questions! ;)
December 19th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
A Christmas miracle! I love good surprises! :)
December 19th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Nice! Isn’t it great to be rewarded for something you work at every single day?
December 19th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
kilax - Yep! I sent one with their paper last night!
December 19th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Yay, monies!! I’m glad someone was smart enough to reward you for a job well done.
December 19th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
congrats! it’s really nice to be appreciated.
December 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
It might be drug money someone’s trying to get rid of…
But whatever. It’s money!
December 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Wow, that is so awesome. Yay for kind people!!
December 19th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
How nice! Congratulations, the universe seems to be looking out for you. Or something. If they are reading your blog, hope they see these thumbs that I’m holding up.
December 19th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Yay money! Yay nice people!
December 19th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Holy cow! That’s awesome. What a generous gift!
December 19th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Wow, that’s great timing for you and how generous of them.
December 19th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Sweet! How will you spoil yourself?
December 19th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Bre - I’m not sure! Maybe a paper launcher…
December 20th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Wowza!
Nice to know someone really appreciates what you do, hey?
December 20th, 2007 at 1:20 am
What a news! So nice of you to get one… :)
December 20th, 2007 at 3:29 am
yowza! thats a great gift! there is something about a crisp 100 dollar bill..
December 20th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Fuck yeah!
December 20th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
That’s very cool! Nice customers indeed.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
That is amazing! decent people! and yippee MONEY$$$
December 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
I’m glad to see Christmas cheer being spread! Nice blog you have here. ; )
December 20th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Ouu, big numbers! I would want that, but I’d be afraid of losing it or something.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
NO WAY! That is so exciting! Maybe I am in the wrong business. None of my high school students did anything like that for me!
December 21st, 2007 at 12:32 am
three digit surprises are the best surprises!
December 21st, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Wow, congrats on the $100! I would LOVE to see that in my mailbox right about now, lol. Take care.
BTW, I’ve added you to my blogroll. :)
December 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
you’ve never seen a $100 bill before? wow… how about a $2? I’d think that be more rare.