Rounding out my May 6th videos:
This is the video I did after going in to finalize things (follow-up to car video).
Shortly after we parted ways, my departure was communicated to the community. My reaction to that announcement is in this video. The following week, a follow-up communication was sent out in the weekly email with a bit more emotion. I recorded a video after that email as well... shortly after I "unsubscribed" and deleted the email. It was a great attempt at damage control, and for me personally, it was too little, too late.
It's sad to think that on April 30th, I casually said "Goodbye" or "See you tomorrow" for the last time to a lot of people.
I do miss the organic interactions people I wouldn't normally interact with. There are people who I had limited interactions with on a day to day basis, who I just miss seeing. They were fixtures of a daily routine that is no longer there. The grief isn't as intense, and there will always be a tinge of sadness as I think fondly back on the relationships I developed over the years.
I'm writing all this on May 19th, so 18 days after it happened and 13 days after this video was recorded. As I've said in previous write-ups, I'm in a different place and I will eventually post those (as I'm beginning to think of my present feelings) transition videos.
I have both seen and/or heard from so many members of the community that I now know that just because I no longer have the physical space to interact, they can never take away my community.