My brother hasn’t been the most reliable person over the years when it comes to birthday presents.  In most cases, he says that he is going to buy you something, but he doesn’t.  I can count on one hand the number of times I have got a gift from him in the last ten years – and I could still do it if I was missing three fingers.  Get the idea?

But I was hoping that this year would be different.  You see, he had a new job, and he was making more money than he ever had, so I was hoping that he would buy NBA tickets like he promised.

When it came to opening my gifts, there was actually one from him there.  I opened it up to find NBA tickets inside!  I couldn’t believe my eyes – he had actually bought me something.

It wasn’t until later when I went to the game that he had bought cheap NBA tickets.  Sure, the game was great, but it was hard to see which player was which.  Still, I won’t complain – he actually bought me a gift this year.