That's exciting and scary, Liese. And exciting!!!

I'm sorry, sarameg, that must be really hard.

Liese, much love to you on the transition. It's gotta be so emotionally heavy.

Liese, wow. That's a lot. Congratulations to you and SO for being aware of the need for change, and for greeting it with grace and enthusiasm. All possible best wishes to both of you in finding whatever comes next.

And it's ok that not everyone lost my Uncle Ken, it's my personal bubble and I need to figure out how I'm gonna handle the wider world vs my bubble.

I appreciate it, y'all, it is going to be a pretty scary ride for a bit. But I was fundraising for our work when 9/11 hit, so I have a track record of starting unlikely business in unpropitious circumstances. So we'll see how it goes.

And I do have to say, also, that the Nashville 'ffista community is not a small part of why that town is so appealing to me personally. We've gone so long without really being able to build local friendships and community that it is somewhat baffling to think I might one day live in a town where I could just, like, go hang out with people!

Yeah, sarameg, I get that, a lot. I think there's a certain amount of processing about my dad that I'm just now doing when faced with Prince's death. I think we just squish our bubbles along and step back and take breaths and let the world do its thing while we do ours.

Liese, fistbump or whatever.

Go Liese!

Wow Liese, big changes, but it sounds like good change.

I am very sad about Prince, and somehow I was so busy today that I didn't find out until 8 pm. Prince and Bowie were both huge parts of my youth.

I am tired of feeling sad.

It's getting warm here finally, so I was looking at clothes I haven't worn in a while, and remembered I have a purple shirt with ruffles on the front! So I'm wearing that today.

Nice.