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Nothing's the same anymore. Commander Sinclair --- "Chrysalis" --- Babylon 5 Three household goods lorries positively stuffed to the ceilings and it's now time to start the early morning procession to Miguel and Jessica's new home in Wendell for his Permanent Change of Station (PCS). It's been a whirlwind of frenetic activity these past few days to finish the packing and loading and we're literally in the home stretch with the hopes of getting finishing…

One thing you learn after you've moved round a fair bit is that the day of packing and loading the household goods into the lorries is an exercise in patience amongst the chaos. The best defence against letting the moving process get to you is to latch onto any opportunity for humour. Who knew it'd be not terribly long after I wandered next door to help schlep the neighbour's stuff onto the first of what…

I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part…

It’s not where you start but where you finish that counts. Zig Ziglar Of all of the things I have to be thankful for this tumultuous year we've had in 2023, finally making it to this last day of the year in a much better place than I was a couple of weeks ago is probably one of the most meaningful. It most certainly didn't come easy but then nothing in this life worth experiencing…