Here and there...

I know I haven't posted anything for a while. I was gone to the Redwoods for a few days, then Quebec City for a conference and I'm now at Fort Lauderdale Airport, FL waiting for my flight to Nassau, Bahamas. I have so many pictures and so many posts to send !!! I'll try to catch up, promised... between my 3 dives a day and the margharitas ;) Hope they have internet access over there...

Commencement 2005 ~ Congrats Will !!!

The most Irish of the French came back for his graduation ceremony. Will, it was so good to see you again!



See you for Commencement 2006 ;)

All the pics are here

Box, tape, etc...

After having waited for the last minute, I finally found a place to store my mess for the next year. Got the last unit! The next step is to put everything into boxes. Tough to decide between what stays here and what goes back with me... However, it is easier to leave things behind as I know I'll come back for graduation anyway. I just can't imagine shipping everything back to Europe...
Here's the progress of the day...

The lab, my second home

Here is the place where I have been hidding for the last 6 months.





I spent a tremendous number of hours sitting there (sleeping too sometimes...;)). It may sound weird but that's one of the places I'm going to miss the most. It is cold, noisy but so many cool things happened there. I loved being there in the evening when the all building was empty. Today I finished printing the 13 copies of my thesis. It took me the whole night but it is finally done and Jim signed them this afternoon. I'm pretty proud (ok really proud)of it as I put all my heart in it. Another day I'll never forget...



More pictures are available there.

Fat Tire time now !

3 years later...

After 3 years spent here, it is time to pack again and send boxes in the opposite direction... Hopefully a lot of things are going to stay here since I (still) don't know what I'm going to do with my life... Anyway, I sent my first 2 boxes today... and now need to find a place to store the rest of the mess...

Take me to the top...

Last saturday afternoon... the sun finally showed up and I needed a break... The pics are here.

Depressed but so alive...

I hate those moments when you feel like things are going either too slow or too fast. Time is a weird thing... I'm thinking about all the things I'd like to do before leaving. Among them is spending as much time as possible with the guy I spent my last 6 years with. That guy that really has to tell me how he feels about us instead of sending me encrypted messages. I'm leaving in a month... It's just so hard to get through you... Help me please.
I'm trying to follow my own heart but how are you supposed to do when your heart is in places that are thousands of miles apart? I'm feeling so lost at this point but so alive at the same time. There are so many people who go through life without any feeling, without wondering or worrying about anything. I think I'm lucky at this point to have been able to live fully every moment. It certainly makes departures way more difficult but memories are just so much intense. I will just need to remember to live in the present and not in the past...
I have been living at 200% during those last 3 years. I probably learned more about myself during the last few months than I ever did in the rest of my life. Even if I'm really sad right now, I'm just feeling so lucky. Lucky to have met all those wonderful people here, lucky to have the family I have.
I'm scared about the future even if I know I shouldn't. It is just that so many questions remain unanswered. And that for the first time I don't have a clue about the answers...

A saturday in Newport, OR

The pics of saturday are now online. It was cool to walk on the beach and finally be able to enjoy the sun... I still don't realize that we are already in May... Anyway, thanx again Yvan ;)



For the color version, it is here and for the black and white version, it is here.


Enjoy!