I love getting stuff from the Ms (my nieces and nephew), whether it’s a drawing or two or three or four — usually five. Today it was a Christmas card that smelled like gingerbread and some magnets of the kids’ school pictures. Melissa, who’s now 10 (!), phoned me and we talked about our cats and how crazy they are. What a cute conversation, filled with grown-up-sounding words from Melissa like “cautiously” — oooh, adverb! — and lots of giggles.

The wrapped gift wasn’t part of the mail, though, it was from a Christmas party I attended this evening, hosted by the agency that found me the part-time job at The Firm. I wasn’t feeling 100%, but I wanted to introduce a couple of friends to the agency, and thank the consultant for helping me land this position. It’s a perfect fit and I’m very grateful to her for the matchmaking! If you live in Toronto and are searching for a personnel agency to represent you, send me a gmail [gailatlarge] and I’ll put you in touch with her, she’s great!

Oh, and it’s time for some music, like I promised:

I’ve featured the Quebec band The Lost Finger before, but they deserve more exposure. I’d love to see them live — their live performance looks like a lot of fun! Check them out in Madrid, playing the ’80s tune “Fresh”:

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