Last night/yesterday
- Adela’s face when she saw me
- Mary’s reaction; our conversation about Polish guys; old fashioned
- Conversation with Kasia (IIB): 3 things I tried to do with/show students.
- Iwona S: “I came to see you.”
- Tom Pn. and Monika
- Jola’s daughter
- Lucyna in police station in Jablonka
- Meeting Adam; “Want to talk when we’re sober . . .”
- Meeting with Kinga
- Abdul: imperialist ass; conversation about being 25 and in university
- Saw Halina, Monika Karlak, Teresa Bialon, and her friend Monika W.
- Couldn’t sleep for thinking about conversations; crazy thoughts about returning and Mary
Today
- Meeting with Danuta
- What she’s doing
- Postcards and current silence
- Ania M., and Jadzia
- Learned how to be non-Polish teacher from me
- What Pawel M. said about my lessons vs. Bucky’s (Buckyego)
- On the bus and see Marcel and Marysia; their shock; then Krysztyna and her tears
- Visit to Dominika
- Trip to Beata Plotek’s
- Edyta’s phone call
I feel like I’m in heaven; everyone is so thrilled to see me. Mamo at ognisko — embarrassing but touching. I have never felt so wanted and loved as I have these past days. This week will prove to be, I think, the single greatest of my life. In some ways, better than my time here.
“Don’t think; feel it.”