Loving this. Sorry my reviewsaren't more than this, but love love love the way you're writing :)

Awwww Jim saved Pam, sorta kinda :)
Pam Anderson, lol still love it.

I absolutely love to hate your Jo, Jenny.  She's the perfect combination of evil and funny.  I also really enjoy your naration.  Kevin's firing was heartbreaking.  Thanks for another wonderful, long update.  I was hoping for it today :)

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Oh man... have I mentioned how excited I am to have this story back? It's funny because I'll be reading along, sure you are changing the whole story then along comes parts that I remember so clearly. Such is the case with Jim getting the surprise phone call from Pam while he is in Utica and making a spontaneous decision to make the long drive back that night just to see her for a short while at the park. I LOVE that what prompts Pam to make the call to Jim is her getting jealous when Packer (Pam Packer?! ROFL!!!) comments on seeing Jim at the party and says about Susan Underwood hanging all over him while also letting Pam know how beautiful Underwood is. I love how in this story Pam has already begun to find her voice, her strength. You can tell that by her telling Jim to go ahead then noting that she wasn't talking about him going ahead and continuing to talk. She also notes for him that 'they match' and goes on to explain what she means by that. (Have to say, I was waiting anxiously for the chapter about them meeting in the park. For some reason I always remember so clearly him getting excited about swwing the edge of her purple brastrap and telling her that it is his kryptonite.) I love how she feels a nit empowered it seems by wearing the 'matching set' just in case things would get carried away. At the same time, both of them are ethical enough that they really know that they wouldn't really be able to do it while she is still with Roy. I always had such awonderful feeling, so hopeful, for them, with how things went at the park and how things were left that night.

Equally powerful was the abrupt change in the next chapter where you just see all the progress they made that night, facing their feelings, even saying that they love each other, Pam admitting that her marriage is over and asking Jim to wait. All that comes crashing down the next morning when Jim gets the comments from his family that causes him to doubt himself, to doubt Pam, to doubt everything they felt the night before. Then because Jim is already in such a state, he allows something like her walking in the office with Roy and the fact that Pam and Roy are laughing with each other, to bring out such strong anger and jealousy in Jim that he can't even interract with Pam decently. I loved that he was able to pull himself together and salvage a small amount of time with Pam that morning, but in retrospect when he lets out that Roy is being let go and Pam blames their budding romance and goes rushing out to find Roy, one can't help but wonder if it wouldn't have turned out better if they hadn't spent time together that morning.

I love how they have down just about how much time they can be alone together before others will show up, and how they know that even though with her job as receptionist she could be in Jim's office taking notes but they just aren't going to chance getting caught alone in his office together in the morning so they know they need to head to the break room.

It's amusing how Angela is just so.... well... Angela, despite who Jim is. She's still going to try and put him in his place for not srating the coffee. (While you get the feeling that everyone else is tiptoing around Jim, being well aware that jobs are at stake!) I love how Jim is able to take out some of the frustrations of his morning while putting Angela in her place by telling her to come see him after SHE starts the coffee and then warns her not to keep him waiting. I love that it's so uncharacteristic of who Jim is and that of all people, it's directed at Angela.

I wait SO anxiously for each and every new chapter to this story. I am just so eager to read everything that was posted before again. Thing is, while I'm sure I remember all the highlights and I am SO thrilled that all of the big things are the same as I remember (what can I say? When you posted this before it had rapidly become one of my favorite stories. No one wants the important stuff in their favorites to change!!!) there is also so much that either I forgot or you added, which has made the story still feel brand new. I can't wait until we catch up to where it was before (for the life of me I cannot remember how many chapters you had posted!!) and move forward seeing how things play out.

This is just such an excellent story. As a first time author especially, you should be SO proud!!!

I'm waiting on pins and needles to read more!

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I didn't get time to review as often I would have liked because your updates are coming so fast, not that I'm complaining, but I'm really enjoying this story.

Jim's interaction with Pete had me LOL'ing. Eventhough we've only seen him a couple of times, I think you've done a good job of capturing Pete.

Keep the speedy updates coming!

No time for a review (packing the car for vacation), but want you to know I read this chapter last night and loved it, loved it!

Woo hoo! Things are starting to heat up! ...

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The letter that Jim wrote to Pam was one of my favorite things when this story first posted.

I still find it wonderful.

Thank you for coming back with this story. So Much!

You convey really well the sense of isolation that Jim must feel and how his interactions with Pam mean so much to him on more than one level.  His note to her with the pamphlet kills me (in a good way) with its sincerity. 

I'm glad you're reposting this! I don't generally care for very-AU scenarios, but this is so unique and interesting, and I think you've managed to capture the essence of their interactions and personalities. I don't remember how close you were to finished but it'll be fun reading it again. :)

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I cannot tell you just how happy I am that you are bringing this story back. I enjoyed it so much when you posted it before and was extremely sad when it was suddenly gone. I think I'm enjoying it even more this second time but I admit that I really enjoyed the way the story was written and progressed the first time (though I admit that I had so problems with the 1 chapter right before you took it down, but who care what *I* think?:o) ) I am hoping that with the changes you are making, there won't be any major changes with how the storyline progressed the first time.

I love you showing such a strong Jim/Pam connection or dynamic right from the day they met. You show so clearly how they are really feeling the other out and really right from pretty much the start you can see a spark of something or other because they really, Jim especially, seem to care about what the other thinks and there are worries about being misunderstood or about having accidentally hurt feelings. I get the feeling that in the job Jim has, he hurts a lot of feelings without being able to care about it really, it comes with the job. To me, the fact that he cares if he has hurt Pam shows a very eary connection.

You are doing such a fantastic job with this story and it is just such a fbulous premise. I am thrilled that you are able to update so quickly because I absolutely hate waiting for the updates. Knowing that you have so much ready to go, I find that I check back for updates muliple times a day, even if there has already been one that day, to see if there's any chance for us to score more than one chapter in a day! (as a reader I ALWAYS find that to be a bonus.)

I can't promise a review for every chapter, even though I know it's the right thing to do, I just CAN'T review them all right now (my health is mess!) But I CAN promise I will be reading, I KNOW I'll be very much enjoying it, an I WILL review as much as I am able to!

Thankyou, Thank you thank you for bringing this awesome story back!

Your characterization of Jo is particularly good, Jenny.  Loved the dog groomer story :D