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Where Do I Begin?*

6/2/2011

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Yesterday, I promised that we'd start filling you in on what Vicky and I have been up to since we last posted.  But there's just SO MUCH, I don't know where to begin!!!

So, I'm going to take the same strategy I use when I'm trying to tidy up the house:  I'm just going to get the easy stuff out of the way first.

Why do I suddenly have some time to work on the blog?
I'm on summer vacation!  And it's the first summer break I've had as a newly-minted, tenured professor!  March 15, exactly a week before Dad's birthday (which is kind of weird, since I filed for tenure exactly one week before Dad died), my Dean called to let me know that the University had decided that I should be awarded tenure, and that I've earned promotion to Associate Professor!  The news has made this the first summer I feel like I can really enjoy, without the anxiety of moving, or wondering if I'm doing enough work, in years.

And what did Tenoch do on the anniversary of Mom's death?
The four-year anniversary of Mom's death fell on a teaching-day for me-- Monday, April 4.  So, this made it the first year that I haven't been able to go down to San Diego to be with the family, and visit Mom's grave.  I was really sad and worried about it, especially because Tenoch had to be in Sacramento that day, too.  Tenoch knew this, but I didn't realize how much he understood, until... I walked into my office after a meeting, and saw these:  
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The most beautiful flowers I've ever received-- sitting on my desk!  Tenoch had them delivered to work!  (From a local florist called fleur*t-- which I thought was SO crazy.  Get it?  Tenoch Flores = t*flores!)  (Oh-- wait.  I want to mention that I got surprise-flowers from Krys, too, after she heard about my promotion.  Those were gorgeous, too!  Mom's favorites: tulips :) )  Fittingly, since Mom loved when stuff like this happened, since Mom's Anniversary, my female colleagues have been swooning over Tenoch's thoughtfulness-- it even inspired (pressured?) another hubby into having flowers delivered to my office-neighbor. 

* Sidenote: I chose the title of today's blog because Mom also loved singing the theme from Love Story :)


Alright.  That's all the easy stuff for today.  More updates to come, so stay tuned.  It gets gets juicier...
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Gene
6/8/2011 02:01:30 am

CONGRATS on your Tenure! I'm so proud of you, and so happy for you. I know how hard you worked, and I remember your stress level the last time I visited you in SF so I know how much this means.

Vicky called me shortly after she got married and I wanted to say "it's about time", but then I thought, "bad example" hahaha.

I'll keep this one short. Congrats again to both of you on the latest of what I expect to be an infinite number of lifetime achievements and milestones!

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    Here, we share what happened when we tried to bring our father's body home from the Philippines.  We also update you on the ongoing battle to ensure that Dad's life is honored properly, and to hopefully, prevent what happened to us from ever happening to another grieving family.

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    Evelyn, Dad's panganay (eldest), & Vicky, the bunso (youngest)

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