These past seven days have really been a busy week for me. Looking back, I see that I have done quite a bit this past week. That probably accounts for my funky mood the past couple days. I'm not usually a downer type guy by nature. But this has been some week...
I guess I hadn't realized just how much I had done until just tonight. It hasn't all been doom and gloom thou. I guess my grandpas deteriorating (mental) condition really rattled me. Thankfully he still remembers me by sight, if not my exact name, but it was a tough day dealing with him on Wednesday. He's so forgetful, that it's occassionaly just outright dementia. Luckily, because he recognizes me, he trusts what I tell him, but he was having trouble remembering what I had told him just five minutes prior! It really got to me this week. I hate to see him in such a state, it's saddens me so much, but I have noticed that less and less family goes to see him, which is a shame since he has 8 children and 12 grandchildren. That's a crime if you ask me. I won't allow him to just be forgotten.
He did seem better on Thursday, so I took him for a walk along the water and we watched the ducks for a bit (he loves that) and that seemed to really lift his mood, so I was happy. I keep trying to remember the good on Thursday as opposed to the saddness of Wednesday. Still, try as I might, Wednesday really got to me.
In other news, the Red Wings finally beat the Ducks, so the Western Conference Finals will find the Wings taking on the Chicago Blackhawks! How cool is that? This is the first time in the playoffs since....ever...that the Wings will play only one round of the playoffs doing the whole dreaded west coast road trips! In Detroit, that means LATE games. Every hockey fan here hates the late playoff games with a passion, especially if they go into over time, so this year, playing Columbus and Chicago is a real blessing! I will never understand how Detroit is figured to be in the Western Conference. We are in the eastern time zone! Outside of Columbus and Nashville, EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE ARE IN OTHER TIME ZONES! WTF man? When will the Wings be able to jump ship over to the Eastern Conference where we belong already?? Late games in the playoffs would never happen again! Christ, our opposition in the Stanley Cup Finals is always in our time zone...
I've been busy at work on a new issue, it's in the post production stage now and I am designing a couple of t-shirts with my company logo and characters on them. As much of a thrill it was to get my first ever comic book completed and in my hands, I am more excited about the shirts. I'm not sure why exactly. I guess it's more a feeling of being "Big Time", even thou that's not even remotely true. But, it is expansion, right?
I really like creating the comic books and now designing the shirts, but it is a lonely job. I work out of home, which is nice...the travel time to work can't be beat...but I work all alone. I need to find a way to counteract the "loneliness effect" I feel. I think I may start taking trips to the mall and just sit with a sketch book and start drawing the odd looking people I see (and/or hot chicks). Never know when I could use them for background characters and such. That may help to counteract the lack of people interaction. I dunno, it's just a thought.
Well, I am beat! I am going to sleep the sleep of........something that sleeps a lot I guess. Rip Van Winkle? I'm too tired to think up something witty to end this on. LOL
I guess I hadn't realized just how much I had done until just tonight. It hasn't all been doom and gloom thou. I guess my grandpas deteriorating (mental) condition really rattled me. Thankfully he still remembers me by sight, if not my exact name, but it was a tough day dealing with him on Wednesday. He's so forgetful, that it's occassionaly just outright dementia. Luckily, because he recognizes me, he trusts what I tell him, but he was having trouble remembering what I had told him just five minutes prior! It really got to me this week. I hate to see him in such a state, it's saddens me so much, but I have noticed that less and less family goes to see him, which is a shame since he has 8 children and 12 grandchildren. That's a crime if you ask me. I won't allow him to just be forgotten.
He did seem better on Thursday, so I took him for a walk along the water and we watched the ducks for a bit (he loves that) and that seemed to really lift his mood, so I was happy. I keep trying to remember the good on Thursday as opposed to the saddness of Wednesday. Still, try as I might, Wednesday really got to me.
In other news, the Red Wings finally beat the Ducks, so the Western Conference Finals will find the Wings taking on the Chicago Blackhawks! How cool is that? This is the first time in the playoffs since....ever...that the Wings will play only one round of the playoffs doing the whole dreaded west coast road trips! In Detroit, that means LATE games. Every hockey fan here hates the late playoff games with a passion, especially if they go into over time, so this year, playing Columbus and Chicago is a real blessing! I will never understand how Detroit is figured to be in the Western Conference. We are in the eastern time zone! Outside of Columbus and Nashville, EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE ARE IN OTHER TIME ZONES! WTF man? When will the Wings be able to jump ship over to the Eastern Conference where we belong already?? Late games in the playoffs would never happen again! Christ, our opposition in the Stanley Cup Finals is always in our time zone...
I've been busy at work on a new issue, it's in the post production stage now and I am designing a couple of t-shirts with my company logo and characters on them. As much of a thrill it was to get my first ever comic book completed and in my hands, I am more excited about the shirts. I'm not sure why exactly. I guess it's more a feeling of being "Big Time", even thou that's not even remotely true. But, it is expansion, right?
I really like creating the comic books and now designing the shirts, but it is a lonely job. I work out of home, which is nice...the travel time to work can't be beat...but I work all alone. I need to find a way to counteract the "loneliness effect" I feel. I think I may start taking trips to the mall and just sit with a sketch book and start drawing the odd looking people I see (and/or hot chicks). Never know when I could use them for background characters and such. That may help to counteract the lack of people interaction. I dunno, it's just a thought.
Well, I am beat! I am going to sleep the sleep of........something that sleeps a lot I guess. Rip Van Winkle? I'm too tired to think up something witty to end this on. LOL
