Flame Tree

Our last week of school ran smoothly and I finished up my grades and cleaning by the time the students were all gone, leaving my last day at work a movie-watching-and-swapping frenzy and potluck.  That's right - we sat around and watched movies on our laptops in the library.  Now that I'm officially on summer vacation, I haven't done much but keep working on some Christmas presents (yikes!) while watching all 10 seasons of Friends (hey! I have to be watching something while I make these presents).  Today I finally did my last load of laundry and moved my plants downstairs.  My suitcase is starting to fill up, but I haven't put much thought into it yet.  I will be flying out Tuesday night to Guam and Wednesday morning to Seattle via Japan.

(Faculty and staff potluck lunch on our last day before vacation, Rota High School)

On another note, it's definitely turned into the rainy season - it's been raining on and off now for the past few days and nights.  It almost always rains at 6:50am, for some reason.  Also the flame trees are still in bloom (pictured above) and the red petals are just gorgeous.