and we're off
tomorrow I am leaving France and all my students who give me going-away drawings that kick cul, such as one of this animé (?) warriorish guy with an enormous knife, which is reflecting many startled faces. next to it is written "good bye carrie." they also color their scabs. kids are kids all around the world, it turns out. and then they turn into grown-ups. which is a rather frightening phenomenon I am not about to explore at this juncture. (this juncture being lunch time in hérouville saint clair.) tomorrow morning I head to l'aéroport carrying a significant chunk of life residue in my bags, wearing grotesquely oversized sunglasses so I can sleep in the shuttle in a most I-don't-care-but-I-really-do way which is so prevelent here in frenchland. I've gotta take advantage up to the last minute, I figure. ahoy, croissants, san diego and the extended family, and back to the northwest by july!