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November 16, 2004
This, That, and the Other Thing
Ive been thinking about my grandfather more and more. I really wish now that I had taken the time out to get to know him better. It seems as we get older, we don’t always find the time or make the effort to get to know our parents or grandparents for who they are as a person. With this, I really envy Josh for getting to know his grandfather before he passed. It also makes me think about family. Who are they? I'm not sure I truly know. I would love to say Ill try and get to know my family better and perhaps become closer but unfortunately I don’t believe it will happen. Time will pass and it will be right back to the same ole mind sets that started me down the path I've chosen.
I think of my dad often. I wish there was more effort on both sides to understand each other. When I was younger, it seemed that we had a much closer relationship or at least closer than I did with most everyone else in my family. What happened? What changed? How did it change?
I remember being a kid and for my birthday one year, Mom and Dad bought me a go cart. I'm not sure why this memory came about, but I remember it didn’t cost them much money and it really made me happy. There were so many gifts they gave me and now I'm not sure all of them were completely appreciated. No gift means more to me than the love they gave and the childhood that will always be remembered as a wonderful time. I hope they know I love them dearly.
This also brings me to a thought I had this morning. We were talking about Christmas at work and when we were kids. I always remember my sister Michele being the one who always wanted to peek. I was the good one and finally I figured out why. Fear! I was afraid that if I peeked and got caught, I wouldnt get any presents at all. Im not sure why this even matters but for some reason the realization came to me today. Funny how these memories come to us isnt it?
So for work, I did manage to talk to my boss(s) whom I sent the email to yesterday. I only put "change in vacation" in the subject so they over looked it or figured it wasnt important. Although I could see why they wouldnt read it for its importance, it still doesnt justify their neglect in reading their emails. This is something they are forever telling other employees to do. Guess it goes to show you that whats good for the employees isnt always good for the boss and visa versa.
So to sum it up, I changed my vacation to bereavement and that will give me 3 more vacation days to use up. Guess something good came out of this after all. Still sucks to have something this way but I wont look a gift horse in the mouth. Besides, I can now see family I wouldnt have normally seen on my visit, even if its for a short time.
On to other things of no interest. I learned today that black peoples hair do not dry as quickly as white people (god I hate color labels). I had to laugh because Virginia (one of the women I work with) told us she was leaving early to wash her hair. This struck me as odd so I questioned it lol. She played with me a bit by telling me its in the genetics and that she could wash her hair and it would still be wet by bedtime. I still couldnt understand it. Finally after Carla (another black woman who works there) saw my confusion (and was laughing too), gave in and told me why. LOL, guess I need to hang with them more often because I learn something new about race.
So in case you arent bored by now, so much to do tomorrow to get ready for the trip. Im leaving work early to do laundry (fags are always doing laundry), and gotta get things set. What a busy day tomorrow but well worth it.
Hooray, Ill be leaving for Rochester in 24 hours.
Posted by Des at November 16, 2004 05:57 PM
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