Ack! Graduation woes

The good thing about this graduating business (besides the fact that I'm done with school) is that pretty much every day for the past week, people have been sending me cash. Is it strange that I totally didn't know I was supposed to get gifts for graduating? Yeah. But people just started sending me stuff, and I was like "Oh... I get gifts? That roxors!"

Random interruption... I can't spell buisness.... business... It's like.... busy-ness.... busi-ness... business... okay. Got it now.

The downside of this? I gotta write thank you notes. I am so incredibly bad at writing thank you notes! I sound completely fake. Used car salesman fake. I'm a very stuck up unappreciative person, so I'm always delighted to get stuff, but very rarely feel the need to be thankful. Character flaw, I know.

Random other note... that's gotta be the first time I've spelled "character" correctly the first time. I always put an extra H in it. Charachter.... nah. It does look better the other way, I guess.

Now, I can write a note for stuff. I mean actual stuff. I got a ginormous bag, and I can write up a whole note for that. Thanks so much, it's really beautiful, I'll be able to hold a ton of stuff in it... but mostly I've been getting money. Not that I'm complaining, but money is awfully hard to say thanks for. "Hey, thanks for the cash, I'm gonna use it to buy video games so I can sit on my bum all day and never have to worry about going to college. Have a nice day!" No no, that just doesn't work. So what do I say? "I'm saving it up for.... study breaks."

Well, at least I get a break with this next one. It's from an old friend of the family. I can add thanks for the money, but also mention that it was really nice to hear from them again. That'll give the note some more substance. You know, I sound like a politician... or a lawyer. Trying to come up with nice things to say to people and all? Whew. This is hard work. No wonder lawyers and politicians are so slimy.

OH BUTTONS! [Rio discovers the pretty buttons up on the blog editor, and decides to try them out, pressing each one in turn, hoping they don't completely wipe out the blog. Luckily, none of them do, so she resumes complaining.]

Now here's something interesting. My best friend in the entire world (back when I was about five)... well, I just now realised that I never knew how to spell his name. That's odd... I was spelling it completely wrong. That's kinda funny. Is it proper to say "Thank you for the money" or "Thank you for the check"? Thanks for the check sounds better.... makes my job easier, too. A check is more of a gift, money is just.... money. Makes me sound greedy.

Third random interruption... my S key makes a boing sound when I press it. SSS boing boing boing...

Is it bad when I get writers block on thank you notes, but my muse kicks me in the butt and tells me to write more of my story? Meh... at least the muse isn't letting me abandon the poor novel. Maybe I should come back and write these notes later? They're supposed to go out within ten days, which gives me plenty of time to brood over them. I got that gift on Monday right? So that's seven days before a thank you note? That seems alright to me. Prompt, without being rushed. I want to play my zoo game. I think I was building a park or something. Trees... with a nice fence and some benches. I wanted to put up lampposts, but I need a higher fame rating before I can get those THANK YOU NOTES. Stop typing about Zoo Tycoon and write the bloody notes, Rio. [Rio smacks herself in the head, forcing herself to get back to work. Of course, her mind stays on the game the entire time. Will she ever get those notes done in time? Tune in next time on We Say That Here, Don't We?]