Torres: It’s time to hug someone you love
I’m writing this sitting in the airport at 5 a.m. a day after my deadline to turn it in. (Sorry, Renee.) I’m watching sleepy faces walk toward their gates for departure. I’m reeling from only eight to 10 hours of sleep in four days and loving it somehow.
It’s either that I’m truly a maniac or that I really love what I do and that it’s reaching levels I only spoke about out of ego at one point. I’m also learning that with these new levels, a lot of things tend to get left behind.
Most of the time it’s not intentional, but it’s all a part of the sacrifices that have to be made to see the life you want.
During these same four days, I missed a funeral for a really good guy who I haven’t been able to get off my brain. This is the fourth person I’ve lost this year, and I’ve missed every single funeral. Two of them I had seen recently and I thought everything was fine.
I’m relearning the disconnect that I have with my family no matter how hard I try to “save” them through all my hard work. I’m learning that some old friends are still doing the same things we did as young kids and they resent me for “running away.”
I’m learning that I’m not Superman and, sometimes, things just are what they are and you have to smile and move on.
I’m not depressed. I think I’ve just looked up from my desk for once and realized what was happening around me. We forget to do this every now and again. In a wild misdirection sort of way, I guess what I’m saying is to hug someone you love and don’t take that extra shift every now and then.
If you want to catch me live, well rested, and in less of an over-analyzing mood, I’ll be upstairs at the Crazy Bull tonight for the MAC after party with DJ Wet Paint!
On Sunday I’ll be joining Wet Paint again at DJ B3’s “Sunday Funday” party at Fresh Produce Records.
Floco Torres is an artist/songwriter. Contact him at flocotorres@gmail.com.
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 6:49 PM with the headline "Torres: It’s time to hug someone you love ."