I shouldn't have been surprised

I asked for a dremel- sort of offhand- a week or so ago. quiet_elegance  kept his poker-face properly affixed, but for once I asked for something he totally has covered. So! I have DREMEL! And STUFF. A bit overwhelming since I've never used one and have no idea what I'm doing yet. It's clear I'm going to have to come up with projects specifically for the tool to be used to its full potential. This is beautifully juxtaposed to the MAC gift card. Power tools + make up. Yeah!

The key present for q_e is Rosetta Stone for Italian: a present to be shared. Given the vagueries of our after work time, I thought this would be much better than taking a class. And hey, can the State Department and Michael Phelps be wrong? I don't think so.

There will be more present-opening when purple_terror  comes home tomorrow.

ETA: OK.   I've had my first test run. Running that thing makes me sort of zone out a bit- maybe I'm forgetting to breathe (which was also a problem for the first year of riding my motorcycle)- but I can see how this can go. I know how to put the bits in now. I also have a Sculpey frame that held a water color until this week that had structural failure. Now I  have for clay planks to test things out on, which is good because I'm uglifying them more than anything else ;) Amusingly enough the clay is Tardis blue.

I've been LOL-ed

Thanks, samuraizergling for LOLing me.

Yep, it must be the end of December. It feels like 9 when it's really just 6- although eating at 4 adds to that illusion. tamidon and feste_sylvain were kind enough to take the DMH strays in. Good conversation and perfect food.