Changelist

I knew when Daya started high school, it would be a time of great change and transition.

A new chapter in life.

I knew this.

I was ready.

In the last calendar year I have seen a lot of personal change, within a structure of stability.

New Company, we were sold. I work for a new company but I am in the same job, same people (mostly). It is a good situation and I am happy there.

I saw my aunt for the first time in almost 10 years.

Moved off 15th floor at work, where I had been for 10 years. I am now back on 21 where I started in 2006.  It was exactly the refresh I needed and I'm very happy.

New computer. This is also a big change, a Life Upgrade kind of change.  I had been using the same computer since 2011.

New eyesight, it's almost stupid how great a change this routine surgery was for me. My vision is so different now.  It's a dramatic change.

High School, it's a big change.  A culmination of several years' long goal. My child is in high school.

Daya leaves the studio as of today.  I didn't see it coming.  $1,273 says I didn't see it coming.  Now that Daya sent her email out, I'm starting to process this.  I only found out her decision last night. It gave me an actual nightmare and I could not go back to sleep.  I'm caught off-guard, I wasn't mentally or emotionally ready.  The studio has been a centerpiece of our lives since 2011.  I'm sad.  

I'm feeling very sad, actually.