A week of Lasts...

Well my time here in Curacao is rapidly approaching its end.  Today was my last Sunday on the island. My last Sunday morning yoga class with Kirti (there will be a few more yoga classes during the week).  It has been a crazy couple of weeks giving exams, grading exams, finishing semester grades, collecting book and the myriad things that are part of the end of the school year.

Yesterday was a beautiful morning where a bunch of us leaving or moving had a group yard sale.  A bit was sold, but fun was had hanging out and relaxing in the shade. It is time to use up the foods in the kitchen and do a last purge so all my life will fit into a few suitcases which will come on the plane with me next Saturday afternoon.  This week definitely will be a time to hang out with the friends I have made and will not see often anymore.

It is a mixture of feelings wrapping things up. To help keep sane, I did Shred today before yoga. This was the first time in a week or so and it felt great!

Climbing Mt. Christoffel

This is the highest point on all of Curacao at 1239 feet (377 meters) at the very top.  In order to do this and not die of heat or sweat to death (at least for me), it means getting up before the sun - 5:00 am and meeting your friends at 5:30 am to drive to the mountain.  The Christoffel Park open at 6:00 am on Sundays.

We (Judith, Liz and I) arrived around and drove up into the park to the start of the trail. We started off around 7:00 am. I thought it was more hiking, but it turned out to be a bunch of climbing as well. Well Judith was right, the view was worth it at the top.  :)

Climbing down took a lot of concentration and work to place your feet without sliding down.  In the end, I am glad I did it, but once is enough for me. :)  Still I can't let it keep me from Jillian's 30 Day Shred: Day 3 which I will get to after the heat of the afternoon dies down.

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My week in Curacao (no gas, rolling blackout & the Talent Show)

So this week has been an interesting one for living here.  The refinery went on strike so the island had no gas for a few days... thankfully I had just filled my tank last Sunday.

Then the power plant started having trouble and we had rolling blackouts.  Wed night I came home and at 7pm had no power.  After freaking out I remembered that I had a few candles around.  I had not gotten to eat dinner yet. I am still finishing catching up on my online class grading and will finish this evening. 

This week (yesterday in fact) was the ISC Talent Show. The NHS (I am advisor) & NJHS students did such a great job and I am so thankful for my wonderful co-worker and NJHS advisor Kim. We had walk throughs Tue and Wed afterschool and dress rehearsal Fri from 12:30 - 5:30pm.  The show went very well last night.  I will add some pictures later when I get them. Yoga thankfully helped to keep me relatively sane.