Of course I would love to make you a gift for your birthday, but I'm sorry if I could not make you one right now, because I'm trying hard to overcome my seasonal-affective and post-traumatic stress disorders that are related to going back to school, even though I've been on that road many times before. However, I know for sure that there are some good parts of my life when I was a school-aged child.

By the way, how old are you turning?

That's okay. BTW, I'm turning 18.