stress relief

Things have been pretty hectic since I got back to Bahrain. I arrived at 10:00pm on Sunday night, and was up by 5:00am for school on Monday morning. It's been a solid running pace since then. We are in exam season at school right now, so that means lots of preparation for teachers. Exams need to be written, double checked, rewritten, triple checked, submitted, and assembled. As the English coordinator, it's my job to do all the checking and rechecking. Add to that the piles of papers I still needed to grade, and second quarter grades that needed to be calculated, barely left me enough time to sit or eat lunch. Then, nearly every evening was spent in meetings for a youth camp that we are planning for April or worship team practice (for Rey) or meetings with other people or dinners to attend or____________; the list goes on. Finally, a few weekends ago, we decided we needed a break. We called up the gang and headed out for a night of fun. Along the way we captured these pictures that pretty much sum up our night (and how badly we needed to get out!) ...