I'm seeing blue! It's such a rush! I thought maybe I'd never see that colour again, maybe the light spectrum had changed, science textbooks would have to be re-written because blue no longer existed. But it's back, and I feel so good! It's been grey for so long, I can't recall when the last time was I saw stars, or cumulus cloudCs. I've been seriously low on vitamin D and it doesn't feel good. But like all good things, when you least expect it, when it seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, when all hope is gone, out of nowhere blessings start falling from the sky, or I guess rather in this case stuff stopped falling from the sky, the clouds parted and we were once again permitted the simple pleasure of feeling the sun on our faces. Can I just say, if you haven't stopped to appreciate that simple pleasure lately - do so! It is something not to be taken for granted, there are people in China who would love to see the sun, so don't you go wasting sunny days sitting inside staring at your tv or playing on your computer. We have to do that here, we can't go outside most days. It's either too hot, too humid, too cold, too rainy, too blah, too depressing. But not right now it's not! It's sunny, and it's in the 30's and it feels like July in Winnipeg! It's been two days now, and I feel fantastic. Even if it goes away soon, which it probably will because things like this can't last, I feel recharged and re-energized, and plus I get to go get paid to sit on a beach for three days with my students next week. Now before you start getting all jealous that I should be getting an all-expenses paid trip to the Hawaii of Asia, let me just defend myself by saying that I will be working on the trip. I'm not expecting to sleep except for the few hours I get on the beach, because these kids are going to party hard. I'm going to earn my keep, but that doesn't change the fact that I plan on having a simply wonderful three days in paradise, even if I'm keeping tabs on 150 teenagers at the same time.