we are hanging out as one great big happy family up in the San Juan Islands. dad knew a great guy who offered to let us stay in his place on the water. beautiful...
I'm trying to relax and can't get my muscles to relax.. can't wait to see Jeanette who I will enlist to massage the knots out in January.

spending a rainy tuesday around multnomah's campus.
found that its café and library are hotspots and registered my LizToppy so that I have access.
updating my records of people, changing girls last names etc...
its kinda strange to be here.

So I arrived finally in Seattle on Friday night. The trip was long and made even longer by the delay in Paris which caused me to miss the connecting flight in Cincinnati. I hit the ground running: left almost immediately for Portland and survived Sunday full of meetings and seeing people.

I haven't even had much time to collect my thoughts... So far everything is very familiar except all the changes for the people around me: relationships, marriages and kids. Everyone here thinks my hair is long.

So far I've been to church and seen many many friends, went to my dear PhotoCraft to have my film developed, stopped in at the Dept. to visit with Mike and Dan and enjoyed Baja Fresh with Bethany. I also savored a McMinimins cheeseburger on Saturday night with Mike and Fay and Courtney and Hayes- ...love these people...

Oh.. I also visited the dentist. They said that my teeth were doing good. "smile pretty"

My bags are packed. Tomorrow I catch a plane to the USA. The day after, I'll see you! Don't be surprised if I mix a little french into my english..."ziss appens after you ave bean een Fronce fo a while". a+++

See Michael Christophe Finley born December 10th at this blog.

After 48hours and one 'sleep' I'll employ the airfrance ticket that I am looking at right now.

Its all over. I spent 10 minutes telling two prestigious Sorbonne professors that "his Majesty- the Fat Cat" ended a dispute between Madame the Weasel and the Little Rabbit by eating them both. I also was quite amused at the primary adjudicator who doodled spider-webs on her note pad as M Fesquet, my professor, and I discussed Louis XIV's politics as it was related to "his Majesty the Furry One". (see the Fables of La Fontaine)

Tomorrow the Finley family will grow by one. Jonathan and Karen will get to hold Michael finally! And "yes, there will be photos" says Jonathan.

tired
calm
anxious
delirious
blaise Pascal
fly
mom and dad
america
need sleep
RER
la belette
manque de temps
disaster
pack
stomach knots
exhaustion