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Saturday
26 August 2000

10 12 am pdt   [ surprise ]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: I miss you
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:52:36 -0700
From: Rachel
To: Matthew

I miss you a lot right now.
I hope you had a good commute.
- r

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: I miss you
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:21:12 -0700
From: Matthew
To: Rachel

Rachel wrote:
>
> I miss you a lot right now.
> I hope you had a good commute.
> - r

g'morning tot...

i just got in...are you ok?...please feel free to
call or write whenever today..the only thing i have
is a meeting at 2 and a party thereafter that i prob
wont attend...

i did situps today and i feel 100% better than normal
think my body is craving exercise...maybe your body
wants attentions too...do you miss dancing?...

sorry for the scattered message...i miss you 1000 and
i am doing my best to take care of you

lots of love
matthew

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: I miss you
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:43:50 -0700
From: Rachel
To: Matthew

Matthew wrote:

> i just got in...are you ok?

yeah, i think so.

> ...please feel free to
> call or write whenever today.

ok, but i do feel uncomfortable
being such a grouch around you...

> and a party thereafter that i prob wont attend...

why not?

> i did situps today and i feel 100% better than normal
> i think my body is craving exercise...maybe your body
> wants attentions too...do you miss dancing?...

i do miss dancing a lot. i try to swim a lot,
and i always include a ton of treading water...

> sorry for the scattered message...

it's all good...

- r (who is mousing left-handed today)

That's when he called. He was working so hard
to cheer me up. He said he had a surprise for me that
should arrive that day. I love surprises. I love him.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: back in the saddle...
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:49:20 -0700
From: Matthew
To: Rachel

im back at work just in time for my meeting...

im gonna rush off and do that...

ethan wants to hang out with me tonight which could be cool...

talk with you later
matthew

I called him when I got home (as I normally do)
but his phone was either not functioning or turned off.
He called me back later, as I sat wrapped in my towel
on the couch. He asked if I had gotten my surprise.
I said no. He told me to double check on the porch,
and when I went outside, he was standing in my yard.
Upon finding my "I miss you" e-mail, he bought a plane
ticket to come down here, straight from work, with only
the clothes on his back. I began crying a minute later.
This will probably always be the best present I ever got!

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