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Cauliflower ear...

It takes a special friend to pick up on the little things you say.  Sometimes you may not even realize what you are talking about is that big of a deal to you, but someone else notices. And that's how I got the best Christmas gift....

So there is this thing called cauliflower ear.  To grapplers its some strange badge of honor.  I find it rather gross.  And I find it even less attractive on myself.  Hence the reason why I got my very own ear guards when my dear friend Holly had to have her ear drained.  I was pretty good about wearing them, despite feeling like the biggest dork ever.  And then someone borrowed them and never returned them.  Not world ending until the last 3 weeks when I kept getting cracked in the ear and waking up with swollen ears that hurt, leaving me with even more irritation about the jackass I lent mine to.  And I love my friends, because one said "well if you need me to, I can drain your ears, I do it for Peter (her boyfriend) all the time."

And then I get a text from my roomie today "your Christmas gift should have gotten there today."  So I swing by the front desk to our building and pick up the box and its from Combat Sports International.   Knowing I'm going to be excited for whats in the box, I rush in to the apartment and open the box to find a new pair of ear guards!  I know this isn't exciting to 99% of you.  But it made my day.  Even more so because I have a friend in my life listening to all the dumb things I talk about and she makes me life better every day.  I am truly lucky.      

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