Friends of Tom Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2009

[emma]

Gonna send mine out on Monday! No matter how hard I try to be organized about it this always happens. Hope my Sanatee doesn't hate me.

"Sanatee" was a typo but I think I'll keep it.

[fonpr]

"Sanatee" was a typo .

No!

[Kim Kelly]

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Dear Secret Santee,

Unfortunately a number of things occurred very rapidly this weekend, preventing me from sending your package.  go ahead, have a seat:

friday, long story short, my sister-in-law made some very serious and stupid decisions; needless to say, this prevented me from visiting the post office on saturday as we made arrangements for her to get to the hospital.  once that was taken care of, her dog went into labor and i spent hours taking care of her dog, helping with a delivery (my first time!), and trying to figure out what to do with a stillborn pup* at eleven o'clock at nite. 

since the post office is closed on sundays and i work the same hours as the post office, i am sad to say you will not receive your package (which is collecting dust on my kitchen table) pre-christmas.  please forgive me, i could not help these circumstances.  i am going to attempt to bring the package with me to AZ when i visit my family this week where i know i will have the time to drop it off and send it on its way.

also, apologies to everyone, i had no intention of killing the thread with my(?) dirty laundry.  i felt it was necessary to inform my Secret Santee that he/she was not forgotten IN THE SLIGHTEST and that getting this package to the post office has caused tremendous stress- in a good way- because i really think my secret santee is going to like their gift.**

thanks everyone,
IABVT





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**god, i hope so.

[gravy boat]

I sent my main gift out today -- I hope it gets to my santee by X-mas eve. I think my santee will get an earlier present straight from the warehouse of the Mike Show's most prominent call-in guest (and a noted film director). So if you received something from him and you can't tell who it was from, you'll be getting something else, too.

[hugman]

what is this, secret santa or secret deadbeat? get it together, FOTs. 
i'm mailing mine out today

[dave from knoxville]

It goes without saying that mine won't make it; I was afraid that a rush to guarantee it before Christmas would paint me as Christ-o-centric. Having it arrive after Christmas just says I am sending holiday goodies.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

what is this, secret santa or secret deadbeat? get it together, FOTs. 
i'm mailing mine out today

trust me, hugs...i feel terrible.  i need someone to pummel me with 1000 punches so my heart can get away from this asshole feeling.

especially since this FOT helped me out last year when i needed it!  i'm off to go hide my desk under a rock.

[jbissell]

I haven't sent mine out yet either, because I'm an asshole that wants to ship everything in one package.

[erika]

what is this, secret santa or secret deadbeat? get it together, FOTs. 
i'm mailing mine out today

I currently live in a snow drift. Lay off, you WEST COASTER!

I'm hoping to get my car off the ice and get to the post office by Wednesday.

[Christina]

Tis the season, people! Let's give everyone a bit of room to get their prezzies out, mmmkay?

[masterofsparks]

Nobody should feel bad about not getting their gift out on time, and anyone that gives them grief for it is a mutant who deserves no gifts from anybody. It reminds me of the horrible, bitter old ladies who sit in the lunch room where I work and complain during their breaks. Lately it's been complaints about last year's Christmas gifts from relatives who should've bought them bigger gifts because "they're worth boocoo* bucks." It makes me ill.

I'm not saying any FOT participating in this gift exchange would engage in such ugly behavior, which is why I don't think anyone should feel bad about getting their stuff out late.

* - I know this is the incorrect spelling, but I've used it because this is how said ladies would spell it if they wrote it out

[hugman]

surely it's obvious that I was joking by the tiny type in my post (you know, the fact that i'm sending mine out late). 
but you're still a bunch of slackers

[betheboy]

I like getting stuff late; it allows me to extend the holiday a little longer. For example my birthday is in June but for a while my mother would send me a gift and call me in October, there are 6 kids in the family so it was easy to confuse who was born when (even though I was the oldest and probably the best kid of the bunch). I started to look forward to my October cards because it was like having another birthday. I was actually disapointed when she finally realized what she had done and resumed my actual June birthday.

[Bryan]

Way to find the silver lining of your Mom forgetting your birthday every year!