steweart/post approved belated thank you

this year i have been completely awful. i definitely intended to send out thank you cards for my birthday (after i had given up on the idea of getting my crap together in time to send out holiay thank yous), but alas my birthday month came and went, and so did the next month, and here we are in march. and it's almost over as well.
so, i was resigned to let it go, and let go of the fact that my friends may think me ungrateful, or at least flaky and unorganized.
you would all forgive me, right?

(i mean, it's not like all my friends send thank you cards, and i never think twice about it. in fact, i've never thought about it once until now. ack - that's so me to have such double standards for myself!)



so then the other day, out of the blue, a sweet friend of mine surprised me with a belated birthday gift! it was so wonderful and charming of her to think of me, and to just go ahead and give me a gift months later. it totally made my day. thanks winter ~ i love love love the soap!!!

and it made me think, maybe my friends would feel the same kind of delightful surprise if i were to send a thank you note all these months later. just a thinking-of-you-and-wanting-to-thank-you type thing. it's never too late according to martha and elizabeth. (wink wink)

so even though i might not get to write out a real thank you card, all of you who were so wonderful to me on my big 3-0 birthday this year, THANK YOU! from the bottom of my little heart. i am so blessed to have such wonderful folks in my life, near and far. to Mom, for letting me leave town on our special day, and to Kevin, for making it all work out so perfectlly. to Tami & Mike and Lisa and Aimee. to Emily and Chris and Baby Della! to Ben & Melissa and Hap & Monica. to Grandma and Grandpa! to Michelle and Jeanne and Lisa and Naomi and Samantha, thank you for coming all the way to visit! to Justina - i miss you! and Winter, to you too. and of course, to you Reier, for wisking me away for the best birthday ever. and all the dear friends who called and sent texts and wrapped sweet gifts and posted to my wall ~ i love birthdays, and not because i'm an attentioncravingmadwoman, but just because i love love love my friends and i love the chance to get to hear from them. :)
sorry to be so impersonal! (and by gosh I hope I didn't leave anyone out!!!)

maybe if my first week of spring quarter classes next week goes smoothly, i'll have time to sit down and write it out. i think martha and elizabeth would be approve. but if not, i'll try to remember to spend the time next year to do it right. there's nothing like getting a real note in the mail, thank you or not. with a real stamp, and real handwriting. it's the simple stuff.

~ marit