Anne

Cont. from Twitter:

It's taken me a while to write this because there isn't a whole lot I can write that you don't already know, and the last thing I want to do is rehash old news. So perhaps this is new, perhaps it isn't. I don't know about you, but one of the things that I assume is that we're going to be friends for a while. I'm not saying we should make matching friendship bracelets at summer camp and swear to stay in touch once school starts. I don't think our friendship needs that type of reinforcement. We've remained friends despite changes in proximity, relationship status, and employment. Sure there are lulls from time to time, but the lulls (not lols) have never been an indicator of a new normal.

So, I guess I more or less assume that you're going to be around in my life for the foreseeable future, making corny jokes, calling me on my bullshit, and in general just being a good friend. I can't say that about every person who enters my life. (Even my parole office Barry had to leave after five years.) While I value the friendships I have and I do my best to maintain them, circumstance doesn't always make it possible to stay in touch. Like tectonic plates or the third Fast and Furious movie, people drift.

I've always felt as if I've known you for a long time, and I guess what I haven't consciously realized is that feeling stretches both into the past and into the future.