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June 19, 2006
Reinventing Rob - May In Review
Better late than never, eh?
And yes, this is my salute to Cinco de Mayo.
It's strange not being a kid anymore. I think that sums up where my brain was at in May. I'm management for a large national corporation, with several peoples' lives revolving around my every decision and action, depending on me to always do the right thing. I'm responsible for my own life, too, and all the varied repercusions that my actions and inactions may cause. I'm a professional artist and writer with various collaborators and clients depending on me to deliver what I say I will when I say I will. I'm a big brother to four great kids who need me to be the role model that they deserve. And I have to be the man that my parents raised me to be and live up to their expectations.
And I have to just keep working at all of those aspects, improving on my shortcomings and learning from the inevitable mistakes that I'll be making. Sometimes, it seems like it's too much. Other times, it may actually be. That's more than likely why I had to go to the doctor today to have my heart checked out. Serious. Racings and palpatations. Tomorrow I'm having a fucking heart monitor put on me for what the nurse called a "24 Hour Event" (I didn't know she was a comix fan...), to see if it's 'just a thing' or 'A Thing'. All the men on my dad's side of the family have heart problems, and now here I am, facing my mortality in the face.
And what comes to mind?
That I'm doing the right things with my life, and there's no regrets.
Posted by Schamberger at June 19, 2006 01:28 PM