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tanaiseso I finally wrote the thank you note to my stepmom. I still should write something to my dad, probably. I'm just awfully bad at communicating with him.
I started this note several days ago, but I couldn't figure out what the right words were. You have no idea how amazing this is to me. The whole first day, I was so excited, I think I told everyone. I forget to thank Ben (and you) for it because I forgot that you weren't able to see how excited I was, that you had no way of knowing that I called nearly everyone I know. I'm sorry. I should have called you all first, but I think part of me was worried that if I called you guys, it would turn out to be not true. It was not that I was not grateful for the gift. I am always grateful for gifts, I just forget that people can't read my mind, that I have to say the words. Everytime I see the pepper necklace you gave me Xmas of 97, I think of you. Everytime I use my camera, I remember that I owe it to you. Please, don't think that because I so rarely can find the right words, that I don't appreciate you and the things you have done for me.
This gift means to much to me that I can only say "Thank you" because everything else seems incomplete and in adequate.
I don't know now. My roommate said it's too apologetic, but I do feel very guilty that it's taken me this long to write it. And I'm worried because I directed it to Janet specifically, so do I write another note for ben? I told him something much shorter the other day. gah. I hate thank you notes. people should just know that I like it and I am grateful for it. After all, they certainly didn't give it to me thinking, "Man, I'll bet she hates this and can't wait to get rid of it." I hope. Other than andrea.
I started this note several days ago, but I couldn't figure out what the right words were. You have no idea how amazing this is to me. The whole first day, I was so excited, I think I told everyone. I forget to thank Ben (and you) for it because I forgot that you weren't able to see how excited I was, that you had no way of knowing that I called nearly everyone I know. I'm sorry. I should have called you all first, but I think part of me was worried that if I called you guys, it would turn out to be not true. It was not that I was not grateful for the gift. I am always grateful for gifts, I just forget that people can't read my mind, that I have to say the words. Everytime I see the pepper necklace you gave me Xmas of 97, I think of you. Everytime I use my camera, I remember that I owe it to you. Please, don't think that because I so rarely can find the right words, that I don't appreciate you and the things you have done for me.
This gift means to much to me that I can only say "Thank you" because everything else seems incomplete and in adequate.
I don't know now. My roommate said it's too apologetic, but I do feel very guilty that it's taken me this long to write it. And I'm worried because I directed it to Janet specifically, so do I write another note for ben? I told him something much shorter the other day. gah. I hate thank you notes. people should just know that I like it and I am grateful for it. After all, they certainly didn't give it to me thinking, "Man, I'll bet she hates this and can't wait to get rid of it." I hope. Other than andrea.
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Date: 2004-06-09 12:31 am (UTC)You did good!
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Date: 2004-06-09 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-09 08:57 am (UTC)Thank you cards are a good way to let the other person know you even received the present (unless it was hand-delivered right into your hands). I never know if people even receive a mailed pkg. and a thank you note--email with certain friends is acceptable--or phone call is all it takes to let the gifter know the pkg. arrived safely.
I'm a BIG believer in thank you notes. They go a long way and are a pleasant piece of mail. *G*