diff --git a/events.proto b/events.proto
index 2b5146c..49a8543 100644
--- a/events.proto
+++ b/events.proto
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ message Events {
 	repeated Event events   = 4;    // all the events
 }
 
+// this information leans towards being human readable not programatic
+// in other words, it's better to just have the droplet name here rather than the uuid
+// at least for now in the early days. but maybe forever.
+// homelab clouds normally don't have many events.
+// we are talking less than 1 a minute. even 1 an hour is often a lot
 message Event {
 	int32	        id     	        = 1;
 	EventType       etype           = 2;
@@ -20,8 +25,11 @@ message Event {
 	string	        hypervisor_uuid	= 6;	// uuid of the hypervisor
         google.protobuf.Timestamp start = 7;    // start time
         google.protobuf.Timestamp end   = 8;    // end time
-        google.protobuf.Any orig_val    = 9;    // original value
-        google.protobuf.Any new_val     = 10;   // new value
+        string          field_name      = 9;    // the field name that changed
+        string          orig_val        = 10;   // original value
+        string          new_val         = 11;   // new value
+        google.protobuf.Any orig_any    = 12;   // anypb format. probably overkill
+        google.protobuf.Any new_any     = 13;   // anypb format
 }
 
 enum EventType {