First of all. This. THIS. Oh my god.

This is the ultimate Christmas present. I tweeted about it a couple of times a few months ago when I was looking for a cheap drawing table I could possibly get myself for Christmas. This was anything but cheap, but it was my dream table, and it was love at first sight and I kept opening the Futura Craft Station Amazon page up and reading Ash the specs out loud; “It’s 38″ by 24″ – it’s big!” “It’s got a pretty glass top!” “OH MY GOD YOU CAN MAKE IT A LIGHTTABLE!” I couldn’t get it out of my head. I showed it to my co-worker at work who found that they carried it at an art store in town (though when we went to check it out later, they were only selling it online), and while I knew there was no way in hell that I’d be able to afford it, I knew it was THE ONE.

Well, I flew to Wisconsin for Christmas to spend with the Jeske/Jeninga household and then flew back to Austin five days later and spent a nice Sunday-Christmas night with Ash. I had spoiled her rotten with the complete Xena: Warrior Princess box set, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii Game and Game Guide, and the special edition Legend of Zelda Nintendo DS (w/ Triforce). She got me a cool sweatshirt, home spa kit, seasons five and six of Charmed, the Twig the Fairy Calendar, and a really awesome rock tumbler, but then announced that her big present was that she had set up my office for me.

Maybe that sounds silly, but it was really exciting to me. My office has been in shambles —

WHOA. HOLD THE PHONE! I totally forgot the VERY BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER*!

You all remember our foster kitten Mika? Well she found a home on CHRISTMAS EVE. We ran into a friend a few weeks back after dropping Mika off at an adoption event and it turned out that she knew someone who was looking for a cat exactly like her! Last week, she got a hold of Ash and within days, everything was set up and they took Mika home on Christmas Eve as a present. How awesome is that?! We’ve been getting updates and she’s apparently taken over the house and put the dogs in their place. I’m so happy – she’s so sweet, she totally deserves it.

Now back to my story.

— because I hadn’t been able to fix it up since Mika had been in there. So Ash had decided to take it upon herself to fix it up for me. I was really excited to see it and to have my space back. Ash had even “wrapped” the door and put a bow on it. It was adorable. Anyway, she went in first and then called me in. I opened the door all ready to be happy and see my clean room, and while that’s exactly what I got, I also got

THIS AMAZING TABLE!

Apparently she got my mom and dad, her mom, dad, step-dad, and sister to all pitch in with her to buy me this table. I saw it, my mouth dropped open, and I burst into tears. Much to my embarrassment, she took a video and has been showing everyone and their mother. Thanks.

Isn’t it beautiful? I’m going to take more pictures of it later, I just wanted to share now. The thing is super sturdy, even bigger than I was expecting, and everything that it promised (I CAN MAKE IT INTO A FREAKING LIGHT TABLE!).

Seriously. BEST CHRISTMAS EVER.

*My awesome new table is a very close second.