Wow.

Wow is Mom spelled upside down. I had a pretty intense week last week with my mom going into the hospital. Although I’ve often lamented in a kind of self-pity how sad I’d be if she were to ever go. I’ve done that since I was a kid. Gets me all worked up and sad and full of love for my mom, I’ll say that. It’s also been an intense week or two with work and life in general. Not bad, necessarily. Just surreal and intense.

Life’s kicking my butt. Work is rocking. I’m being challenged in ways I’ve not been challenged in a long time. The Missing Project is moving forward apace. Very nice. I definitely have a lot to do, though, so I’m gonna get to it. Oh, here’s a portrait by my friend and housemate, Michael Rauner. He’s a brilliant artist and a deep, eloquent man. I’m really pleased with the overall quality, but I look like I’d been up all night (I was, actually – doing budgets for my day job). Michael says that definitely expresses part of who i am right now – the tired warrior. Don Quixote after a few windmills, maybe.

Anyway, here’s the photo:

Gracious courtesy of Michael Rauner