Slow life

This morning sunrise... the whole sky was on fire...

How come the life seems to pass so slow sometimes? I am literally counting the days for me to go to Oregon. 41 days left. I am trying to keep busy in between... but it never feels enough!

I have so many things I want to talk with to my manager next week (finally she is coming back to the island -lucky her that can leave!). Asking for more vacation days in march; asking if they will support me teaching a class in the community college (the class will benefit different EPA programs directly and indirectly. I am just going to ask if I can teach it during working hours. After all, all my other co-worker can take time off to take a class, why shouldn’t I be able to do the same?). Also next week I will know if EPA is going to support my ecoregion work or not (ecoregions are areas of similar ecology... US EPA did a huge work subdividing the whole US, I would like to do the same for American Samoa...). Their answers are going to decide what direction my future will take. If I can stay here producing something useful for the territory I will be happy, but otherwise, I can think of many better places to just hang out.. If they say "Yes", then good. If they say "No", then good anyway because in that case my reasons to be on island will diminish a lot and I may as well leave... no idea where or what, which is very exciting! There are new friends around the world that are due for a visit... all I would have to do is to choose if I will fly east or west from here... SUSPENCE….

My feet are hitching… hitching…

This are the leaflet I prepared for the tourists... I planned to donate 25% of the earning to the John Dau Foundation ( http://www.johndaufoundation.org ) but 25 cents would not be much... I saw the movie "God grow tired of us" and it really inspired me. Highly suggested. I really have nothing to complain about in my life, overall , I am super lucky....)

Oh yes! I forgot: for the first time since I moved here… There is Prosciutto in K-S Mart! (the whole leg would costs me $120… I think I may just buy ½ of it…)