Sneep
Creepermaxxed
- Intro -
I just got back home after meeting up with an old friend I haven't seen IRL in almost three years.
It started with me texting her this past Saturday, asking how she's been. She said she's been well, and to my surprise, she said she had actually been thinking about me recently.
That made me feel really happy that someone thought of me. Especially when it was someone I hadn't talked to in quite a while. I let her know that her message meant a lot to me by telling her that it had lifted my mood. I was in a rough state when I reached out to her, but it genuinely gave me joy to see that.
She replied not long after and suggested meeting up, and I told her that it sounded like a great idea.
We eventually settled on Thursday at noon at a ramen restaurant. I said sure, and so it was settled.
I woke up a little bit before 10 am this morning after falling asleep around 4 am. I can't lie, I was quite anxious about meeting up. I'm a bit shy when it comes to eating in front of other people, and it had been 545 days since I last hung out with anyone one-on-one in person. After I got ready, most of my anxiety had subsided until I was almost at the restaurant.
It had truly settled in what exactly was about to happen, and it felt surreal envisioning myself speaking face-to-face at length with someone like this again.
- The Meetup -
I walk into the restaurant, and I see she already has a seat at a booth in the back, and she happily waved to me, inviting me over. I honestly had a delayed reaction because I didn't fully recognize her at first, not in a bad way at all, but just because she had obviously changed a bit over the years, and (more likely) my memory was hazy and I'm really not good at all at remembering people's faces.
I walked over and took a seat at the booth, sitting across from her. I began to talk, asking how life has been for her, etc. We mostly talked about our lives, what things we had going on, movies, other people, and crazy stories. I enjoyed listening to her talk, and I admired how hard she was working in life, seeing as I'm not the most conscientious individual myself.
It was really nice seeing her again and having someone to talk to. The food came out, and it was good, though I don't have the biggest appetite, especially during the day, also due to anxiety. I took most of it home with me. What really stood out to me was when she opened up about having OCD, which makes her yet another person I know with it. I told her a small bit about my struggles with OCD as well. She also told me she is quite the introverted type, but she used the term 'recluse.' I let her know I heavily resonate with that, and I've been trying to get out there more (poorly up until this point). I'm glad that I am able to relate to her in that way. It feels safe and chill when someone has the same personality type as you in that way. It also makes me feel better about being kind of awkward at certain points during our meetup. After we finished eating, we parted ways, but I let her know that I am grateful for her invitation out and that I'd like to do something like this again sometime soon, and she agreed.
- Afterwards -
As I got back in my car and drove away, part of me was a little bit depressed because I was having so much fun and I didn't want it to end, but I knew that she had to go to work, and I knew that I shouldn't overdo it with social interactions and just reintroduce it in phases. I spent time in the car ruminating on whether I was being too awkward sometimes or if I was making the right facial expressions. I was also thinking about better responses to questions or things I should've asked her out of curiosity, or to have more to say.
But perfection is an impossible goal, and for what it's worth, I think I did a good job today.
- Conclusion -
I think that's about all for today, cheers.
March 19th, 2026 - 3:20 EST.
