October 3, 2011 II

Dear Ted,

When I posted the oldest blog I could find of yours for April Fool's Day, I was of course trying to wind you up a little, although I hope you don't think that I was mocking you or the post, because actually I love it. Posts like this are exactly the reason we made that bet in the first place, and even if you may have cringed a little rereading it (I'm happy to report your spelling has improved significantly in the past 8.5 years), I hope you enjoy it at least some fraction of the amount I do.

It's candid and vulnerable and even if it might not be the most prosaic thing in the entire world, I wish more people communicated like this. It shows what's changed over time, something which is easily forgotten, and probably kept you at least a little accountable along the way. I'd love to read an updated version of it, and I hope I enjoy reading my old posts in the future as much as I enjoyed this one of yours.