Dear exthera,

Thank you for being there and being solid for me, so I could get the work done. And thank you for being a friend and helping me through my medical crisis last month. You paid for lunch and caressed my hands for over two hours. Thank you for all that you still do for me, even though you don't get paid anymore. You are and always will be one of my lifetime friends. I am trying to cut you a break by not asking you to go to the fair with me, because your emails to me tell me that you are working hard with an overly busy practice and you don't like to turn people away.

But please do have tea with me before concert season starts. I'm giving you a break from my emails, and will write to you on here if I need to. okay, maybe I will write half the amount of emails I usually write.