The heart that appeared on the ball was a rather pleasant surprise 🙂

Today’s Gratitude Item: Free 500mm pencils 🙂 No, that is not a misprint, said pencils are extremely long and are basically useless for writing. They were giving them away for free at one of the stores I visited today as a Christmas thing for kids. The reason I’m so excited about said pencils is that they are perfect for orienting the electronic whiteboards at school. The problem is that I’m short and our lab design is slightly tragic meaning that I can’t reach the top of the electronic whiteboards to orient them in two of the rooms where my classes meet. Not orienting said boards is not an option as if you don’t orient them when you plug in your laptop, then they don’t work properly. The solution is to use the eraser on the end of my *new* super long pencil to reach the top of the board. No jumping required. The pencils came in packs of 3 and I snagged two lots, meaning that my short colleagues will benefit as well.