que pasa

Santa came in surprising forms this year:

He came in the form of my friend who was leaving Shanghai for good.  She gave me all her extra stuff that I could actually use (pillows, mattress, food stuff, toiletries, detergent, miscellaneous things).  I will have lots of unpacking to do to get my apartment into a decent state again.

He came in the form of my cell group friends who hosted a fantastic home-cooked dinner.  Turkey, mashed potatoes, apple pie, bread.  Yummy.

He came in the form of very good sleep last night, that unfortunately ended up in me waking up late this morning (because I forgot to set my alarm). 

He came in the form of a tilt of the head from one of my bosses (who has pretty high expectations) of one of the deals I've been processing, so we can now move to make an initial offer to the target company and start negotiating. 

He came in the form of me laughing out loud a lot more finding a lot opportunities recently to laugh hard and out loud with my colleague.  We're going through some pretty heavy-duty stuff right now.

He came in the form of me getting clearance to take 2 weeks to come back home for Chinese New Year.

Thank you Papa!