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.”