The last day as the old me...Say Goodbye.

It's been a long day. I won't go into the disgusting details of a bowel prep. I will say that I hope none of you not going through what I am about to go through has to go through what I just went through. Now that I have completely confused you with that sentence, which was completely grammatically correct, let's blog.

It's 10pm on the evening before surgery. Rain is falling in a thick curtain outside my window as I write this. My puppy lays lifeless on a pillow over the shoulder of my beautiful wife while she toils at a laptop, working. I love my life. I love the life my wife and I have made for each other with the two kids and two pets.

It was very cool last night, at work, as most of my employees wished me well. I will miss them for the duration that I'm at home. Some of them even went so far as to leave me cards and gifts (Thank you Kathy, Anne and Julie!). I can't wait to be a better manager for them. This past week has shown how taxing this job can be and how tired I have become of the pace. I look forward to finding the energy to pump back into a career that has giving me so much.

I don't have much to say on this last day of my old life. I've talked about it already. What I am looking forward to is posting an new picture every day and write about my experiences and feelings. I will write about what I eat, how I exercise and what it is going to take to become the new Christopher Seiple. This next chapter will be more for you, those that read what I write and post, and less for me, the one going through this process. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to check in. Thank you for all your encouragement and well wishes and prayers. They mean more to mean, you all mean more to me than I let on or that you may know. Thank you and I'll chat with you all Thursday the 8th or Friday the 9th.