A Day with Many News

Today is a day with many news
First I got a e-mail from my sister in Taiwan,

阿公於昨晚4/28晚上8點過世

當天媽因陪爸與同學去大雪山, 臨終未在阿公身邊而難過不已

但小阿姨(美寶)解釋阿公喜歡爬山所以也跟著去了

或許這樣解釋媽能釋懷

阿公看起來安詳

與阿媽相見了!

I don't know what to feel since it must be a relief for grandpa after the pain he had been suffered after the Chinese New Year. I am more worry about mom since she must be blaming herself not being there for his last monument of this life.

Later I got a call from Aone, saying he got layoff from RMJM. I know we have been taking about this for a while and had planned for the worst. But when the announcement finally came about it still need some time to get used the idea. Luckily, I got another year of I went to make sure So I wrote back,

"My dearest sweet Aone:

I don't know how I should evaluate your layoff at this moment, but I feel relieved. From Daniel's perspective, this is a great opportunity that you two can spend more time together when he is still little. We don't have to worry about the day care thing and he is going to be better off with you. To me it is much less relaxing without those picking up and dropping off. I can concentrate more on my dissertation and hopefully finish it ASAP. We may have to tighten our belt for a while, but we should be all right as we always do."

In the end, it is another unproductive day but a day with emotional ride.