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you were more than that.

but yeah, i was like oh wow this person is branding themselves might as well comment and see if it's actually them LMAO.

lmao ur cute

did you kill me on battlebit lmao.

Hihi!! I'm finally replying back now! ♡

Oh no! That must've been scary living in the city most affected by the smoke, especially since you could even see particles in the air and a yellow tint and there was a smell of ash :'( I'm glad it didn't seem too bad in spite of that though and that it eventually cleared up thanks to the rain and wind! Also, props to you for trying to visit your high school every year! It's been years since I last did that even though some of my teachers still work there, so this is an important reminder for me to pay a visit sometime too haha. You're right that it couldn't have been too bad if school was still going on then, but I also feel for the poor students who probably felt cooped up inside when all they wanted to do was go out and play!

I thought of you right away when I heard the news and wanted to make sure you were doing alright! Especially since I've lived in SoCal for most of my life, I'm no stranger to wildfires haha. They've never directly affected me either, but I still have vivid memories of a wildfire that took place during the finals week of my first year in my doctoral program. The fire was actually pretty close to my school and I was basically driving towards it, so I waited a bit first to see if class would get canceled. I didn't hear anything, so I ended up heading out anyway. When I was only two freeway exits away, I got an email that all on-campus operations were suspended immediately, but I was already so close that I decided to just park anyway and study with a couple classmates in the lounge for an hour before heading back LOL. I remember finding it eerie that the campus was so empty, and they were handing out free N95 masks even though this was years before the pandemic began.

I feel that!! I've been wanting to squeeze in an episode or two before bed when I come home from work, but I always end up feeling too tired and just spend the time lazing around instead haha. But omg! Congratulations on getting promoted to your first managerial role and being in a tech role now!! How exciting!! ☆ I'm sure there must be a learning curve, especially since your supervisor left shortly after you joined, but hopefully you've started getting the hang of things and I'm glad it sounds like you felt more comfortable a month in! How has the role been going for you?

Having a noticeable age gap with the people you work with must feel quite jarring, especially since you're managing them on top of it all! Meanwhile for me, I definitely seem to be above the average age in the main counseling program I work at haha. The director of our program is a professor in the master's program I graduated from and usually hires graduates straight out of the program, so the average age in our office tends to skew around the mid-20s. Everyone is really nice though! They work out at our school gym after work most days and have been trying to drag me along, but I usually get too lazy since I have an exercise bike at home haha. Hopefully I can join one of these days though! We actually had a work outing to a Dodgers game last month, but we missed the first five innings because everyone met at a brewery beforehand and had too much fun there and didn't want to leave LOL. There were fireworks after the game though, which was a really nice touch and way to end the night!

Thank you!! Fortunately, the school year ended without a hitch and one of my classes even put together a card and a Starbucks gift card for me on the last day, which was a super sweet gesture! I've mostly just been counseling since then, but I teach a summer class for incoming freshmen that starts in about a week. I'm not sure if it's the same for you, but the past month or so has been flying by for me! I can't believe it's almost August. I'll be sure to reply back to our main convo next month, and I appreciate your endless patience with that as always! I've missed you a lot and I hope you had a wonderful birthday this week!! I can't wait to catch up with you again soon! ♥

Happy Birthday Sara!!!! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

I wanted to greet you a little earlier, but work seemed to keep me on my toes today! I hope you've been having a wonderful day, and I'm wishing you nothing but joy and good times in the year ahead! Exchanging messages and being pen pals with you has been a constant highlight for me over the past two years, and I can't wait for all the fun convos in store for us in the future :')

Work has been keeping me a little busy since last month, but things have finally started calming down a bit, so I'm going to reply back to our most recent convo this week! I can't wait to catch up some more and hear all about what you've been up to! I hope you got to treat yourself to something nice today even if you had to work and that you've been enjoying your summer so far ♥ ♥ ♥

Happy birthday, Todokanai~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

First one hype.

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You have nice taste. You have seen Uma Musume? Thats such a underrated series, who was your favorite?

SAZZLE, I MISS YOU,

I'm not sure how close you are to the wildfires, but I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing! I hope you and your loved ones are safe and doing alright at this time ;___;

Also, thank you so much for your never-ending patience with my late messages!! I teach my last class in about an hour, so once I wrap up some end-of-the-year stuff and finish grading (nearly!) 100 final projects/papers, I'll finally write to you later this month haha. I hope you've been doing well and I can't wait to catch up with you soon!! ♡

Sara!!! I've missed youuu! Omg wait, I'm so excited to hear about all your life updates!! I'm sorry I haven't replied back to you yet btw ;___; I don't have much of an excuse, but teaching has been keeping me a little busy, and I traveled during my break for a friend's wedding (I'll talk a bit more about this when I properly reply back to you!). I also feel like I've been tired 24/7 lately so my dad actually bought me red ginseng that I started taking yesterday, and maybe it's the placebo effect but I feel better already haha.

There are still a few weeks left until the school year ends in June, so I'll for sure try to reply back to our main convo before then!! But just in case I can't, I remember the last time I took forever to reply back, we had a few shorter messages going back and forth in the meantime. We can do that again, or just wait until we can have a longer convo! Maybe that will be the dangling carrot that motivates me to reply back faster haha.

Thank you for your endless patience with my replies!! I hope you've been doing well and I'm wishing you lots of May blessings in the month ahead! Let's catch up soon <3

You may have listened to this already, but Twice's latest English single Moonlight Sunrise reminded me of you right away since we couldn't get The Feels out of our heads for the longest time after it came out! This seems to be just as catchy and an earworm haha. I've had it on repeat the past couple days. As Jeongyeon and Chaeyoung sing, it's definitely on my playlist!

I hope you've been having a wonderful start to the year so far, Sara! I can't believe January is almost over already. I miss you lots and I'll be in touch again soon! ♡

uhh YES please. its been too long.

Sara!!! I hope you had a very merry Christmas, and I'm so sorry this is late! I was planning to greet you the day of, but I had a bunch of family stuff going on that day and the next, and then I went to a friend's birthday party last night and finally had a chance to catch my breath today haha. I read your entire message though and I've missed you a lot, so it made me really happy to hear from you! No need to apologize because your messages are always worth the wait! There's no better Christmas gift than a message from Sara (it looks like I need to add hazukashii serifu kinshi to my list of new year's resolutions LOL) ♡

I'm going to properly reply back a little later, but I wanted to reply back to a couple things quickly here at least!



Btw, Lilac came on my shuffle just now! It's a song that reminds me a lot of you since we talked about the album when we first started chatting :')
Wishing you a warm, peaceful, and relaxing end of the year and an amazing 2023, Sara!!! Take care and talk to you soon! ♥