I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while; spring has sprung and I've just now gotten to the point where I no longer am having panic attacks from all the work I have to do (true story: if you are under the age of like, 50, you are probably not actually having a heart attack. it's good to know), so obviously I don't really want to be updating my blog. This won't be a picture-based one anyway; those take up too much of my time and right now I'd like to enjoy the weather and maybe nap. When I got back from Tunisia (because I went to Tunisia), the tree in the church courtyard outside my window had blossomed into this big green benevolent beast, sitting in the middle of the street. I can hear people outside my window congregating under his foliage, which is so dense and thick, and rises up like some big leafy gumdrop. Right now there are kids my age drinking and playing with the water in the fountain (which is clear and deliciously cold), people of various ages sitting on the steps to the eglise, tourists going to the Musee Granet, mothers pushing babies on strollers--the sun is out, the sky is blue, and even though I'm ridiculously tired and I still have work it's hard not to feel good.

Anyway, before I forget: yes, I went to Tunisia. Yes, Madeleine and my dad came over and we had a great (if frustrating) road trip around Provence (and yes, I still love them even if we all have different traveling styles and road trips bring out the worst in everyone).

But I don't really have time to dwell on that...because in, say, a week and a half, I'll be going up to Copenhagen, to start a 2 week trip with my two lovely ladies Jane and Kelsie before heading back to the US. Right now I'm trying to organize where we're going to stay, but we got the most serious stuff down, i.e. trains, planes, and automobiles. We're hitting up Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris, and I am seriously excited.

But mostly shell-shocked. I still have to proof-read this paper before I have to email it in today, and then I have to memorize a short scene from "Hiroshima, mon amour" that I'm performing for my theater class next week. I also want to soak up as much Aix as I can before I leave. So, sorry friends and family, that I couldn't elaborate more--I will try to do one more good-bye post before I leave, but if I don't I'll try to make sure that on my travels I scrounge up some internet to make a quick post, even if it's just saying I've arrived in Brussels or something.

Enjoy the weather, wherever you are!