Circle of Trust

The last few weeks have been a challenge for me.  My dad was just diagnosed with prostate cancer, we were told that it’s intermediate and it currently isn’t aggresive, we’ve been meeting with specialists to determine the best course of action other than radiation.  On the 4th of July weekend I hurt my knee to the point where it was time to have it checked out, the doctor says both knees are now bone on bone, he gave me some anti-inflammatory and basically told me to have my knees replaced once I can no longer withstand the pain.  I haven’t scheduled it but I think that is going to be my next step.  Preparing, planning and executing my VQBD, the 5 year anniversary celebration, my wife’s birthday party, and now the upcoming convergence has been a bit stressful.

Back when I first started F3, I was asked…err…told to be site Q, Bunker recalled the story on how pissed I was.  I was pissed because I didn’t want to be site Q, but I was also pissed at myself for thinking that way because I knew I had to give back, I couldn’t just be a “consumer”.  I recall telling The Worm that I was going to be site Q and didn’t want to do it, and in only Worm’s words, he said, hell yeah, let’s make The Coloseeum our bitch!  lol, I was like what??? make it our bitch??  He said, yeah, let’s blow this place up, let’s make it our own, add our flare to it, let’s get more men, more hispanic men out here!  After a year and 4ish months of being site Q I was then asked to be on SLT.  My initial thought was that I was going to be the 2nd F Q, I had planned several midday lunches, Werkforce get togethers and kayak floats.  But when SLT5 met we reviewed the role descriptions and eventually I was voted to be the Nantan.

I had to change my way of thinking in regards to the title, from being in charge of planning “parties” now I was in charge of the region.  I knew that I had knee issues and they needed to be checked, but I delayed it so that I could be present in the gloom.  I made several sacrifices in my life over the last year to help propel F3 Plainfield to where we’re at now, time, money, blood and sweat but you know what, I would do it all over again.