life is short but sweet for certain

lemonrow submitted:

In response to this post:

I want to meet myself from someone else’s point of view

I give you…

Meeting Caitlin, a Lemonrow exclusive except not really exclusive because this happened almost exactly a year ago….

(and it’s funny because I was gonna write something like this up and post it a little while ago because I was having so many feels about Seattle and my trip and all that, hehe!)

I was standing at the Pike Place fish market, watching all the cool and interesting people and things that were around me. People throwing fish to other people, a man with the most epic balloon hats ever, some street buskers, a few girls who asked me to take their photo.

At this point, I’m excited but also nervous. I’m about to meet a Tumblr friend for the first time, and I have no idea how it’s going to go. Sure we’ve gotten along so, so well online, but what about face-to-face? Will we actually have anything to talk about? Will she think I’m a total lamewad? Bah, too late to worry about it now, Caitlin is on her way!

I see her headed my way from up the street. I consider waving, but don’t… I never like to do that awkward waving-from-a-distance thing.

There’s a van sitting just to my right, and it blocks our view of each other as she gets closer. Suddenly, she appears from behind the van, but she doesn’t see me right away. I step up a bit shyly, and wave to her with an anxious/shy/excited smile.

I’m expecting a pleasant “hello”. A “hey! Lemon! omg!”, followed by some flailing and excitement. Instead, Caitlin’s face just goes wide and bright with excitement/happiness, and she walks straight at me with her arms open.

Oh. Oh! We’re gonna hug? We’re gonna hug!!

Man, this girl is already awesome to the power of infinity. I’ve never been hugged by someone on my first meeting with them. I already can tell that she’s just as kind and loving in person as she came across online.

After that, things get a bit blurry with all the action and excitement, but I just remember things being so… easy. So incredibly easy. We walked, we chatted, and we browsed the market. Our conversation flowed effortlessly; when there were pauses, they didn’t feel awkward.

Caitlin made me feel not only like it wasn’t our first meeting, not only like we’d known each other for a few months online, but like we’d been friends for ten years.

She just… was an amazing human being. Open and friendly and interesting. I decided right then and there that yep, this is one friend you’ve gotta hold onto, Lemon. Screw the being-on-the-other-side-of-the-continent business, and make it work.

Because within thirty seconds, Caitlin made me feel at home in a city I’d never been to before. We talked and laughed and were immediately just open with each other- she made me feel like I was one of her oldest friends.

Made me hope that in forty years, that would actually be the case.

I am fucking crying right now, Lemon. This is one of the most wonderful things anyone has ever done for me. Wow.

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#i don't know what made you do this but it made my week
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05 May 2013

Mugshot “Love is All You Need”