Linda’s Lovely Lift
Dear [Linda],
Since we met, things are different around here, in most pleasing ways.
I balanced my mom’s checkbook today. Normally this is quite arduous and tedious, because I must figure out what she’s spent that I don’t know about. So, often I must ask her and sometimes, she forgets. But today the work was much less aggravating.
Since the party, I’m full of ideas to write. I’m much more creative these past eleven days, and writers block is nowhere to be found.
I walked to the pavilion a while ago. How pretty the blue sky is. Though I’ve seen it many times before, it really impresses me these days. The fresh-cut grass smells wonderful too. Even the aroma of wet dirt and dandelions is really nice this month. What was routine has become quite extraordinary since the party.
Those obnoxious weeds growing from the cracks of the pavilion’s concrete floor, actually looked nice today; gone was my habitual urge to yank them at first sight.
I’ve been losing weight all this year. But the past half-month, I dropped two to three pounds per week. Before the party, that took a month or more. Now, I do it in just seven days. I feel strongly motivated to do it too. I’m energized. When I feel hungry, I think of you in that red room smiling at me and the hunger goes away without eating a thing; the pounds just keep dropping.
Memories of you are making great things happen for me even though you’re not here, even though we haven’t talked since the party. Life in general is so much more pleasant these days, and even if I never see you again, I wanted to thank you for the profoundly positive experience you gave me. I hope I will see you again. But if that’s not in the cards, hey, thank you, thank you, thank you, for such a long-lasting and uplifting fun time.
Thanks for the lift!
Take care.
