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Fifteen year-old Halley Wolowitz could not wait to get home. It was the beginning of Christmas vacation, and Halley did not have very much homework to do. For a good chunk of the next two weeks, Halley would have the house to herself.
Having the house to herself would give her quite a bit of freedom. Halley had no problem being at school. School was a nice escape for her compared to being at home. Her father was easy to deal with. Her mother, on the other hand, was another story. Halley did not want her mother on her case if she could avoid it. She would complain whenever Halley got a grade less than 90 percent. Also, Halley was not allowed to date boys until she earned her high school diploma.
But the worst part about dealing with her mother was the fact that her mother was more competitive and aggressive than Halley could ever hope to be. Halley often believed she would be a complete disappointment to her mother for the rest of her life.
After eating dinner with her parents, Halley got out a spiral notebook and began planning what she wanted to do over the next few weeks, coming up with the following items:
1. Get Mom a Christmas gift. (She already bought one for Dad.)
2. Increase my typing speed to 100 words per minute.
3. Binge-play Jeopardy on the Xbox Four until I can beat the 74-game winning streak of Ken Jennings.
4. Build the biggest and most profitable amusement park in Planet Coaster 3.0.
5. Learn one or more new magic tricks.
She did not want to get her mother the same ordinary gifts her dad selected and paid for. She wanted to get her mother something amazing, something that would completely surprise and enthrall her.
And she wanted to do it without her father's help. Surprising two people at once would be better than surprsing just Mom. Besides, she had the resources. She had some money saved up from various jobs she had over the past two years.
But what would truly please Mom?
How do you please the unpleasable?
This is only the beginning.