Friday

On Friday morning I awoke to howling winds and looked out the classroom to see a complete whiteout. By 10 I was certain that Anneli and I would not be traveling home. The school day went similarly to the rest of the week. I help substitute for the 6th-8th grade class which was mainly supervising and getting the T.V. and VCR to work. Time hanging out with the students gave me an opportunity to chat with some of the girls about their life. I was surprised at the amount of traveling all of the students had done. Many of the students had friends and family across the state that they seemed to visit frequently. A group of the girls and I pulled out a map of the world and talked about where each of us had traveled and they would like to visit.

By the end of the day the island had miraculously calmed and Anneli and I rushed to get to the plane in time for our quick flight back to Fairbanks.