John and paperwork
Hi all.
I'm still in shock about Aunt Anna and Uncle Ignacio. I got a phone call earlier today from John. Apparantly he and Luisa knew that Anna and Ignacio had a relationship and suspected that they'd get married. Like all Souzas, though, they remained rather private about the affair. Us Garcias have always just been so much more all over in each others' business so it's hard for me to fathom wanting to keep secrets. But I'm beginning to understand that it's just a different means to the same end: honoring family.
I still feel sad about being in the dark about something that must have been so important. Did anyone else know about their romance?
Whew - this process has really kept me busy. I'm going to have to spend most of tomorrow afternoon reading through my students' outlines and thesis ideas for final papers. That good old guilt is beginning to get the better of me. After that, I'm going to try to actually organize all of this paperwork over here in Ocotillo. It's such a mess! At least Aunt Anna has plenty ofextra office supplies laying around to help me get organized.
I feel like I'm creeping around and learning all of Aunt Anna's mundane habits (how she folded her socks, how much spare toilet paper she kept around, that she didn't use dividers at the beginning / end of binders, etc). There are so many different ways to know someone!
I'm still in shock about Aunt Anna and Uncle Ignacio. I got a phone call earlier today from John. Apparantly he and Luisa knew that Anna and Ignacio had a relationship and suspected that they'd get married. Like all Souzas, though, they remained rather private about the affair. Us Garcias have always just been so much more all over in each others' business so it's hard for me to fathom wanting to keep secrets. But I'm beginning to understand that it's just a different means to the same end: honoring family.
I still feel sad about being in the dark about something that must have been so important. Did anyone else know about their romance?
Whew - this process has really kept me busy. I'm going to have to spend most of tomorrow afternoon reading through my students' outlines and thesis ideas for final papers. That good old guilt is beginning to get the better of me. After that, I'm going to try to actually organize all of this paperwork over here in Ocotillo. It's such a mess! At least Aunt Anna has plenty ofextra office supplies laying around to help me get organized.
I feel like I'm creeping around and learning all of Aunt Anna's mundane habits (how she folded her socks, how much spare toilet paper she kept around, that she didn't use dividers at the beginning / end of binders, etc). There are so many different ways to know someone!
posted by Taylor at 9:02 PM
1 Comments:
Taylor, I understand your feelings. But please don't take it like being in the dark. Aunt Anna and my father were such wonderful people who were really there for each other at the right time. I never said anything; that wasn't for me to reveal. It was for them. Though I'm a bit surprised this is how she chose to do that. A wonderful woman, she was a tad on the eccentric side.
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