Quest for Cognizance

I'm sitting here, again on the couch with Max beside me, counting down the the last one hour and 17 minutes of my 35th birthday. As my old buddy Ry-guy said, "Welcome to the old man's club". Yup. You got that right.

Maybe it's the sleep-debt created by the crazy schedule of caring for a newborn son, or maybe it's just the fact that I don't eat or exercise the way I should (who does..?) but yup, "welcome to the old man's club".

But that's just sometimes.

With serious reflection, this is what I come up with: I have a great life with a beautiful and fantastic wife who is an amazing mother. I have an amazing little piece of work named Max we created together who just blows my mind every time I think about him even being in this world. I have great families on both sides, and great friends who I don't see often enough. I'm in our own house -- with the heat turned on. I have a couple of dogs -- wait, that's another story. But mostly they're good. What more do I need...? (Well. A money tree would be nice.)

To summerize, I've acquired everything I'd imagined as a kid thinking about having a family someday.

Oh. And I got good presents today too...