Since May... I have.... holy wow cow! Done a ton! Went home. Saw tons of friends. Saw tons of family. Ate tons of food. Had tons of FUN. Then flew back to Grenada to be greeted with Camp Tufton. This year, me and another volunteer organized the came for the boys up in Victoria. It was a success and we all had a blast. It felt smoother this year but I feel that could just be because I knew what to expect. We ended the week long camp with an overnight camp out on Bathway beach. Exhausting? Yep. But completely worth it. Love those boys!

And then... CARNIVAL!!!! No words. :)

Friday night: Soca Monarch

Saturday night: White in the moonlight where we literally danced from 11 pm to 6 am (then proceeded to sleep for the next 12 hours)

Monday a.m.- Good thing we were well rested because J'ouvert starts at about 5 am.

Monday p.m.- Go home, sleep it off, get back out for MONDAY NIGHT MAS! Woi yoi yoi!

Now, last year, somehow I made it up to Sauteurs for and second Jouvert on Tuesday morning, but didnt make it to white in the moon light. Both years were a blast and really going to miss the chaos, the dancin' and copious amount of tomfoolery that takes place in these short 4 days.

School started back up and it was almost a breath of fresh air. Back to a schedule after more than 3 months off. WOW! Yep, I needed structure badly. Things first term went GREAT! My reading groups really started to fall into a groove, I knew my students names! I knew the other teachers names! And my recorder marching band tripled in size. This picture

if from Child Month March that took place in October.

Here's to one last successful term from the Fire Marching Band.

My family came to visit again in December which was such a nice treat. We spent about 5 days over Christmas in Gouyave and then headed down to La Sagesse, a pretty secluded beach on the east side, where we stayed in a hotel for the next week. THIS WAS A REAL VACATION for me. We pretty much woke up every morning and went right into the water where we boogie boarded for hours and usually had a Stag or two (stag is beer). It was a great visit and Im glad they got to experience where I am living now.

John and I on the Osprey coming back from a day trip to Carriacou.

So, it is January, 2012. My goal: blog 3 more times before I leave. Feb post, March post, April post. I think I can! That's all.