Well, the thing I was upset about isn’t really an issue now. I went directly to the person, instead of continuing to draw my own conclusions, and while it turned out to be was very similar to what I’d heard, there were subtle differences that were enough to make me feel that I was important, that I hadn’t just been forgotten, or added in as an afterthought.
And that, my friends, is a run-on sentence. I leave it unrevised for your reading enjoyment.