Another Goodbye...
Well... what a few weeks it's been. Let's recap... my director at work, "J" has moved to Germany (and left the company), James (a former manager and XBOX compadre') has moved to Seattle (read:Amazon.com). Now last week we saw Aaron leave (also moving to Seattle/Amazon.com) with of course this week the natural migration of interns, Jennifer and Jarod, taking place as well. Somewhere in all this is a melanhcoly tune that drones on about seasons and moments in one's life and, oh yes.. change. Well.. change I do. Might even say I've made a living out of it...from software to products now.. I've made changing things, company's and technology my core business. This time.. though.. I'll admit it.. I'm a little tired of it. Rewind just a little bit and I could mention Ali (xbox bro aka AlphaCog), a former coworker and mentor and the list as they say goes on and on. Life's like this. Ebs and flows.. Highs and lows... Right now my companies stock price is hovering at an all time high as is the amount of displaced friends I have at the moment. Ah but the eternal sunshine that is destined to permiate my exsistance shows me that all these friends in all these far off places are on their own journey, as have I been. They were all perfect strangers once, and had we never met by my own travels across this great land.. we would be just that still... perfect strangers. Such is life. They're all still friends (and reading this rolling their eyes no doubt) and they are all still in touch (to some degree). I just don't get to see them at the coffee maker or at lunch and some still make a mockery of me on the xbox. I guess it's true what they say.. the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Here's the offical send off and congrats...
Good Luck Ali (congrats and welcome to fatherhood!)
Good Luck James (enjoy the new challenges)
Good Luck J (enjoy family and friends)
Good Luck Aaron (enjoy unpacking, you never truly stop)
Good Luck Jennifer and Jaron (enjoy being engaged and showing off the rock)
Good Luck Andy and Francie (enjoy beeing married and the joys of home ownership)
Good Luck Andrew and Sarah (enjoy the new life and happy birthday)
Remember change is good...
Here's the offical send off and congrats...
Good Luck Ali (congrats and welcome to fatherhood!)
Good Luck James (enjoy the new challenges)
Good Luck J (enjoy family and friends)
Good Luck Aaron (enjoy unpacking, you never truly stop)
Good Luck Jennifer and Jaron (enjoy being engaged and showing off the rock)
Good Luck Andy and Francie (enjoy beeing married and the joys of home ownership)
Good Luck Andrew and Sarah (enjoy the new life and happy birthday)
Remember change is good...
1 Comments:
Well well, John, that is a lot of sadness in your post... You are a remarkable person, and will have friends whereever you go. So "keep a stiff upper lip", as the British say, and enjoy the new friends you will surely meet in the future.
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