Amanda: The youngest of my 2 nieces, half Brazilian, half Austrian.
Oh, the joys of being an uncle. The incredible delights, of two sweet girls. Especially when I can pass them on to their mother if they start screaming too loudly....
Back from Vacation
Well, it has been a while. Much too long a while. Excuses, of course are easy, and in this case true. Family reunion of the Austrian/Jewish/English branch, at my maternal grandfathers 80th birthday. His daughters, and grandchildren (That includes me) gaver him a speech, and a book, written about him, his life, his adventures, by a young history student. What a present. I think he enjoyed it immensely. It surprised him, as he had not been told, and didn't seem to have gotten suspicious.
The festive occasion, unfortunately, was marred a bit, by a call from my fathers side of the family. My paternal Grandmother is dead, albeit at the ripe age of 93, and therefore not quite unexpectedly. She lived a long life, all her wishes for old age seemingly come true. Never having to leave the farm, where she lived for most of her life, never having to be moved away from that place. Passing away quietly in the same bed where my grandfather closed his eyes for the last time some 17 years ago.
Yet, for all that, it touches me deeply. Saddens me, to know that she, my family, my grandmother will never be there again. Never be in that more than 200 year old house to great us, when we come to visit (far to rarely). It saddens me.
This afterrnoon, having barely been home for for more than a day, off we go to the south of Denmark, with the new bridge across the water a trip of no more than 3 hours or so, although it is close to being in the other end of the country.
Well, the funeral, the pressures at work, where everything seems to run smoothly according to Murphy's law, or maybe even O'Toole's famous comment, all combine to stress me out somewhat. Also worrying, is that in this situation, I haven't done much work for almost a fortnight, and later this month there will be a Maluco gathering here in Copenhagen, so all in all there won't be uch in the form of wages coming my way, for this month. Hmmm....
At the same time I want to ask the big boss, to let me return to the part.time hours I had while I was still studying, because I really want to work on this site, and some of my ideas, contained within. I feel more like a human being, truer to myself, when I spend a day or so a week, working on this. Trying to build something I can be proud of, and most of all something that may, if Murphy goes away, result in something for me to invest my future in.
Seize the day..... Worry when the day is over, and the next one seems to avoid your grip.....
Cheers, and see you soon,
Me......