OK!!! MARY!! I am rolling about in fits of tears and floods of laughter! This would demand a new generation of emoticons!!!!
I've driven to a lookout for better reception - what a day to dawn!!!
I just finished a long skype call with her. Her heart is so full of happiness!! Do you know what that means to me? I know you do! She has done so much, at such a young age! To win a job like this in the current climate - it's extraordinary. They loved her! Who wouldn't? Here are a few more of the details Maryann asked for.
Her position is Assistant Professor of Early Modern History, in the History department of the School of Social Sciences at Dearborn, which is part of the University of Michigan. She felt so at home with the people there! And they voted for her unanimously! She will have a six year contract, after which the tenure process begins, and she is well positioned for that already as she almost has her first book ready for publication, and she has had many articles published already! Isn't this amazing??
My daughter will be living in America! In Ann Arbor!! Which means I will spend part of each year there - and there will be much cuddling and much kissing, and much adventuring!!!
This is so huge! I love her so much! I can't stop crying at all, I can't stop laughing - I have never felt so full to bursting!!!
I need to dance! I need champagne! I need to see Rayne! I'll be booking my flight in the next day or so. I have to teach her to drive! She doesn't drive yet! And it's impossible to live in America without driving! Richard - I have already promised her that YOU will teach her to drive! Can you, Richie??
Cally
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