It seems more the stuff of sci-fi films than reality, but reality it is. Nearly a month in the making. It's hard to believe, yet already has sunk in. I've gotten the date right on numerous occasions, writing out checks (well, a check... my monthly homage to the pizza gods), requesting time off at the office... something that should be a weekly occurrence. I know what year it is. And, I also know, could sense it before things even revealed themselves, that 2010 was going to be a life altering year. I must add in a good way, but altering nonetheless.
When you choose a path in life, or as a path chooses you, you begin to accept and grow comfortable or accustomed to it. We, as creatures of habit, react, typically strongly, to change. It's a shock to the system as we find ourselves leaving our comfort zone. How we respond to that change really leads to whether or not we'll truly be happy on that new path.
With the new year (decade depending on who you ask), significant change has come already. It's helpful to know there is someone to embrace along the path of change, even though, as comforting as he is, the shock to my system can not be ignored. I am a creature of habit after all, and I am reacting.
