Comments on: School Reunions http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/ the personal blog of Paul Enderson Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Paul http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-197 Paul Fri, 18 May 2007 10:18:17 +0000 http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-197 Sounds like you've been having an interesting time too... I can't imagine how tough adopting three kids must be, especially on top of the three you had already - and I have three myself so I know what that's like! Apart from the smoking, pretty much everything else I do is resonably healthy. I don't drink, and certainly don't do drugs, so many of the things that bring me life are related to either my family or our home. No problem with the stats stuff. I like to help where I can! :) Sounds like you’ve been having an interesting time too… I can’t imagine how tough adopting three kids must be, especially on top of the three you had already - and I have three myself so I know what that’s like!

Apart from the smoking, pretty much everything else I do is resonably healthy. I don’t drink, and certainly don’t do drugs, so many of the things that bring me life are related to either my family or our home.

No problem with the stats stuff. I like to help where I can! :)

]]> By: The Paper Bull http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-189 The Paper Bull Thu, 17 May 2007 19:54:43 +0000 http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-189 you wrote <em>I don’t know whether it’s turning 30 that’s done it, or if it’s more to do with my Huntingtons testing, but...</em> It's probably both. I've been going through something similar. Turned 40 (on May 10th coincidentally); my dad's on a steep decline w/ cancer & Alzheimers and my brood at home jumped from 3 to 6 kids overnight (we adopted three local kids). All of these stimuli have definitely made their mark on me in the last 6 months. Best advice is to find solace in the (healthy) things that bring you life. Only you know what those are - so all the best. And thanks for your advice re: my www / non-www stats dilemma. you wrote I don’t know whether it’s turning 30 that’s done it, or if it’s more to do with my Huntingtons testing, but…

It’s probably both. I’ve been going through something similar. Turned 40 (on May 10th coincidentally); my dad’s on a steep decline w/ cancer & Alzheimers and my brood at home jumped from 3 to 6 kids overnight (we adopted three local kids).

All of these stimuli have definitely made their mark on me in the last 6 months.

Best advice is to find solace in the (healthy) things that bring you life. Only you know what those are - so all the best.

And thanks for your advice re: my www / non-www stats dilemma.

]]> By: Zep http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-172 Zep Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:36 +0000 http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-172 You are so right. "Did X succeed in his evil/good ways?" Performance society is burnt in our amygdala forever - it doesn't help to be a loving father and spouse, to pray and to meditate, to think and to discuss. I hate it, but I can't get rid of it. "How do I perform?" in all its clever intellectual disguises is in the core of my thoughts. And "mediocre" is the right answer mostly, to be honest... *sigh* Well - could you fetch me another pint and hedgehog crisps? You are so right. “Did X succeed in his evil/good ways?”
Performance society is burnt in our amygdala forever - it doesn’t help to be a loving father and spouse, to pray and to meditate, to think and to discuss.
I hate it, but I can’t get rid of it. “How do I perform?” in all its clever intellectual disguises is in the core of my thoughts.
And “mediocre” is the right answer mostly, to be honest… *sigh*
Well - could you fetch me another pint and hedgehog crisps?

]]> By: Paul http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-170 Paul Wed, 16 May 2007 10:26:51 +0000 http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-170 LOL! I've been emailing a few of my former classmates, and the discussion with each of them eventually turns to "I wonder what x is doing", or "x is probably serving prison time" - that kind of thing. Isn't it funny how it all boils down to popularity, image and money - even 20 years after you've left school! :) LOL! I’ve been emailing a few of my former classmates, and the discussion with each of them eventually turns to “I wonder what x is doing”, or “x is probably serving prison time” - that kind of thing.

Isn’t it funny how it all boils down to popularity, image and money - even 20 years after you’ve left school! :)

]]> By: Zep http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-168 Zep Wed, 16 May 2007 07:47:25 +0000 http://paulenderson.com/2007/05/15/school-reunions/#comment-168 The first reunion I had was just 10 years after the Abitur (university-entrance diploma in Germany) - and I didn't like it: It was all about jobs and - in a very indirect, civilized, but not less intrusive way - about income. Three years ago we had our 20th anniversary and I didn't go - proud, serene and superior as I always am. The funny thing was that I made looong phonecalls and pumped every one who visited for information. "How did XY look like?", "What HE is slim now - impossible!", "He was always such a swotter!", "Married for the third time - hope she gets happy this time!", I heard myself chatter. Maybe I'll visit 25th anniversary in two years - on the other hand side... The first reunion I had was just 10 years after the Abitur (university-entrance diploma in Germany) - and I didn’t like it: It was all about jobs and - in a very indirect, civilized, but not less intrusive way - about income. Three years ago we had our 20th anniversary and I didn’t go - proud, serene and superior as I always am.
The funny thing was that I made looong phonecalls and pumped every one who visited for information. “How did XY look like?”, “What HE is slim now - impossible!”, “He was always such a swotter!”, “Married for the third time - hope she gets happy this time!”, I heard myself chatter.
Maybe I’ll visit 25th anniversary in two years - on the other hand side…

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