Thoughts and Pet Peeves |
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| This will be used to communicate observations, feelings and general thoughts. sometimes they may not be politically correct, and sometimes they will be one-sided. Feel free to disagree with what is posted and use the feedback form available on the site. Most responses will be posted. | |
| 7/19/09 | We have been working hard all summer, so what is it about the American corporation that tries to make people feel guilty about taking vacation. There is pressure to check emails, call into meetings, etc. We have just about been done in. Every Friday before I leave work I say, that's it - my computer doesn't get turned back on until Monday morning. Since I started doing this, my weekends have been much more enjoyable, at least they would be if we weren't still working on getting the house the way we want it. |
| 5/17/09 | Is it a good attitude at work to be thankful that one is ina job that is secure, only to be taken advantage of by upper management? If people in the U.S. (me included) were not so intent on buying things we would have more freedom to pursue the things we want, regardless of pay. Maybe one just has to take the plunge, and consequences be damned. |
| 5/8/09 | My mom died 41/2 years ago and this weekend is Mother's Day. It is still hard and I still miss her every day, though some days are worse than others. It is comforting to believe that I will see her one day, but there are times my lack of faith doesn't allow that feeling. The worst thing about getting older is that friends and family start going to the other side. In the Heindl clan, most of the cousins are in their 50's, but we are now the older generation - all the aunts and uncles are gone. |
| 2/16/09 | Can you go back? After looking at a Sig Ep magazine, I looked up some of my old fraternity brothers and wondered - what would happen if I contacted them without any warning? Would it be silly, or would it be welcome? Is that a reflection that I have not made any friends in PA that come close to the relationships that I had in the Sig Eps and the Knights of Columbus? If anything gets me back to TX, it will be that - but not if I can get someone to move up here. |
| 2/16/09 | Between the hours at work that Laurie and I are putting in above 40/wk, it is a wonder that we still have any energy. It is a lousy feeling to go to work knowing that you aren't going to particularly enjoy it, not because the work is bad, but because the project management is so pathetic and inept that efficiency has become a dirty word. |
| 1/30/09 | Driving home from work reflecting on the day that my mother was born 86 years ago, I still find it hard to accept that she has been gone over 4 years. I can still feel the touch of her soft skin, can still hear her throaty laugh, and most of all I can still feel what it was like to hug her. If there is anything unfair about this life, it is the sense of loss that never goes away. The least little thing will trigger memories of my mother or father, and inevitably, the tears come. What is even more unfair is that the cycle continues to go on. I look at my children in their innocence, and realize that if we are fortunate to live our natural lives, they will feel the same loss when my wife and I pass. I hope there is something after this, because I would truly like to believe that we will all be re-united. |
| 1/2/2009 | As one can tell by the amount of time between dates, I did not do a very good job of maintaining this web site in 2008. I will strive to do better. I am aware that most people that are related to me won't visit or get any use out of the website, but it will be here and I will always try to make it more useful and fun. I am not doing this out of vanity, but mainly because it is fun. I might expand it to sell things, trade recipes, post stories, plan reunions, etc. Whatever is within my small skill limits, I will do. Feel free to visit and make suggestions. |
| 11/11/2007 | Last Friday received the news that Dusty Kuck passed away. He was the last original aunt and uncle on the Heindl side for my generation. That means that I am now part of the oldest generation for this branch of the family. That is sobering, depressing and weird. I still don't feel old unless I stop and remember that I am 51. While reality says that time is passing quickly, I still continue to act like there are infinite tomorrows - both in my dealings with family, and in putting off what I really want to do. Maybe I will learn a lesson, or maybe I will continue in my delusions that I have lots of time since I am planning on living until I am 100. |
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