Various Events of Last Week

These pictures were taken from my cell phone and they're in chonological order, however some are from school and some are taken out and about.

Power goes out during DRA testing. Does that stop us? :)

 We're pretty used to power outages. I had them stop and follow me out of the copier room/testing room  across the hall back to my classroom to make sure everyone was okay and accounted for. In my classroom there are two huge windows and the hallway has an emergency light. My students were able to continue working with the sunlight, so I grabbed a couple flashlights and let the two kids who were testing continue.

Some of the salmon getting ready for the freezer.

Pulling up to fill up the boat with gas in Emmonak.

I had never seen a traffic jam at the pumps with boats before.

Bummer took his mother, Mary, Sammy, and I out Moose Hunting. We went along with two other boats driven by his brothers, Greg, and Desi. We went upriver towards Fish Village and then took some sloughs to hunt for moose.

I sighted in my gun a little bit more so I feel a little bit more confident with the scope. While we were out, we saw a total of 3 cows, 2 calves, and 1 black bear. However, we didn't end up getting anything. I had one cow in my sights and it was standing still, but it was early in the season and for my first I wouldn't mind trying to get a bull. It was a lot of fun to go out moose hunting with that group!

My mom sent Sunday Comics for my students to read!

I let them know more about my family's routines and traditions on Sunday afternoons. I told them I had to share with my siblings and cousins. They are good about sharing. I set the timer for about 7 minutes and then they like to switch.

My Muckboots are still surviving.

Dad, I finally have used your rain gear a few times this season! Even though they're XL, they work when I'm already bundled up in my carhartts, etc. Only problem is I need a hood. I might need a new raincoat. I'm realizing how valuable raingear is to keep you dry and protected!

Beautiful afternoon hunting for Mukluk.

Simeon, Mikey, and I went up the slough and out to the coast to hunt for mukluks. We saw a couple nayaqs and issurliqs which are smaller seals. They tend to pop out of water higher than a mukluk and one has the face shape of a dog (kind of like my roommate's dog Briar, actually). We didn't chase those seals. We kept looking for a mukluk.

We did finally see one come up a couple times, but we lost it fairly quickly, too. After that we headed back home. We saw a cow and two calves running along the bank. And at one point there were two beavers. Also, that evening there were geese and ducks everywhere.

The tide was high we could travel more places.

My eyes and face always get windburnt.

A student adjusts another student's desk for her.

One of my elders gave me a homemade cracker and Marilyn gave candy!

I'm very blessed and loved. I've had many opportunities to go out hunting and the weather has been extremely nice here. However, right now I am healing from a sinus and ear infection that crept up this weekend that I hope goes away soon. Sinus and ear pain is something I wish on no one, but hear that many people have experienced it and know exactly how bad the pain can be to tolerate. Makes me thankful that we have a health clinic and that I am now on antibiotics!