http://www.bionicteutonic.com The life and times of Andreas Fetz Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:27:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ariel and I just got back from my step-mother's memorial service. It was a very strange thing to have to attend. It's very strange to think of somebody who has been part of your life for that long in the past tense. My brain has not quite made the shift ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/06/22/life-and-death/ Summer is finally here. I feel like I'm on the beginning edge of getting some normalcy back in my life. I've been trying to follow up on all the little changes I have planned while at the same time getting back to all the routines I'm trying to maintain (but ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/06/16/back-to-mine/ It's been a while since I've last written here. Right now, I'm sitting at my dad's home in Missoula where my step-mother has been slowly losing a struggle against cancer. I've been back twice now, both times thinking her death was right around the corner, but the process has been ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/06/03/gratitude/ I've been thinking a lot about closing doors lately. I seem to have a lot of different things in my life that sort of half occupy my attention. I think that out of fear of letting anything go, I sacrifice having a deeper experience with any of my interests. Sometimes ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/04/08/practicing-non-attachment/ I have had the worst back pain for the last week or so. I believe I injured it during aerials two weeks ago, but it didn't really start hurting until several days after that, and since then, the muscles of my back have tensed up so much that I have ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/03/11/ouch-2/ Holy crap, it's been a while since I last posted. Lots of stuff going on, including at the moment a pretty nasty flu that has had me laid out for the last 4 days. I'm really not looking forward to going back to work in the morning. Let's see - ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/03/03/long-time-no-see/ Went back to Spokane last weekend to visit my step-mother. Glad to report she looks much better and on the road to recovery. She still seems very uncomfortable and in some pain, but the life has returned to her face and she seems to be improving. I found it a ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/01/22/returning-to-normal/ It has been a rough couple of weeks here in my world. Haven't posted much due to a bunch of heavy life concerns getting in the way. Sometimes the world hits you with a bunch of stuff all at once. Several old family friends have died recently and my step-mother ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/01/15/uggh/ I just got back from a wonderful new years with friends out on Orcas island. We hung out, ate good food, drank wine, had good conversation. It was great. There was a hot tub out on the deck that looked out over the water that was pure bliss. The islands ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2008/01/02/2008/ It's been a busy last couple of weeks. I went home to Montana for Christmas, which was a combination of great and a depressing. My sister is pregnant and totally showing. We got to go in to her ultrasound where she found out she was having a boy and of ... http://www.bionicteutonic.com/2007/12/30/back-from-the-wilderness/