I'm a Saggitarius! It makes perfect sense!

Today I received my first birthday gift! (If I may be so presumptuous as to assume that there will be others. My mom generally mails me a big box somewhat after my birthday, because she can't stand to send off a box that doesn't contain every little thing she wants to mail, including items on mail-order, and junk mail related to mailing lists I was on in the mid-nineties. But it is always nice to receive a Mom-imbued box of varied objects).

This afternoon the postman came with a very large but very lightweight box. I opened it. And:

My ex-boyfriend mailed me a crossbow.

I have certainly never put those words in that order before. This is my ex-boyfriend from high school, a decade ago, who is now happily married in Virginia and has a professional relationship with an antiques store. And now I have a small antique crossbow.

Bon anniversaire à moi.