The best gift

On the 20th of October 2009 I turned 17 years old. I had a normal horrible school day where no one remembered it was my birthday but later that night my parents and grandparents took me to Henris,my favourite restraunt. We had sat down,got drinks and ordered already when my parents asked me if I'd like to open my presents.Well I didn't even know I had gotten presents so I said "sure!" and got quite excited. So I opened the first one which turned out to be an amazing Aviator watch. The next one I opened appeared to be a ruler.But upon closer inspection I noticed it was marked out in Nauticle miles and not centimeters. Now I was confused. What did they want me to do with a ruler for Aviaton Navigation.Then came my final present,a big box.I opened the box and inside was a stack of books starting with the Cessna 152 pilots operating handbook.I knew what I had just gotten. I looked at my Parents in disbelief. In the box were books,my headset and my Stellenbosch Flying Club membership number.I had just gotten my PPL.