Dear Diary,

[kethni]

Things have been pretty cruddy recently, but I'm not going to talk about that. That is by way of context. What I want to talk about is, well, you. You peeps out there. :waves: Hello!

I'm not an outgoing person. I don't stammer, or stutter, I don't feel sick meeting new people, and I no longer hide in bathrooms. But I'm not outgoing. I don't meet many people and I've never had many real friends.  

I've had more meaningful conversation, more honest, conversation with people I've met online than I could have imagined. I've had more support from people I've yet to meet in person than people I've known in years.

Like today, I got home and I had a parcel from Amazon. I'm expecting a ton of books from Amazon so I wasn't surprised to get a parcel so much as to get one so soon. But when I opened the box there was something gift wrapped and a card that said, 'You've had a rough couple of weeks...' And I didn't manage to get the parcel open because I was crying. I'm not generally a cryer but my friend, who's not having a great time at the moment either, was kind enough and thoughtful enough to think of me, and it made me cry. It's making me cry now.

I'm not going to embarrass her by naming names, I'm sure she's cringing right now as it is. But I just want all my online friends to know how much I appreciate your posts, you comments on fic, your engagement on polls and responding to my random babble. 

And you, you know who you are, I appreciate you, your patience, your support, and your thoughtfulness SO much I can hardly tell you.

Also, Pushing Daisies, whoo!