{"id":2267,"date":"2019-01-13T18:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2019-01-13T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:18:55","slug":"winter-solstice-heading-home-for-christmas-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice\/Heading Home for Christmas Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 21st, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The last day of school prior to Christmas break was Friday, December 21st&#8211;Also known as winter solstice! The temperature on the shortest day of the year was brisk&#8230; -19.5 degrees Celsius, but beautiful! I started out on morning duty at 8:05 a.m. with many students trying to come inside while administration reminded them &#8220;No. It&#8217;s not below -20 degrees. The final day was lovely, students were reading, making crafts and lounging as it was p.j. day at school.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2267 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1105'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_20190528_222747-animation-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1106'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_20190528_223249-animation-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1107'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_20190528_224057-animation-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1108'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lnd_0aa2b5e0-9c5b-459d-a0c2-43d3ee0b1b7b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1109'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lnd_0aa2b5e0-9c5b-459d-a0c2-43d3ee0b1b7b-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1110'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0a3e411e-ecb5-4d62-ac12-c698c7e9d700-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0a3e411e-ecb5-4d62-ac12-c698c7e9d700-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1f2fa628-8c8c-4adb-a18a-92f44f5f7cdb-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1f2fa628-8c8c-4adb-a18a-92f44f5f7cdb-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1f2fa628-8c8c-4adb-a18a-92f44f5f7cdb-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1f2fa628-8c8c-4adb-a18a-92f44f5f7cdb-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1111'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1560396416\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1112'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2de68f70-69c0-4d12-b592-ebfadda313c9-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2de68f70-69c0-4d12-b592-ebfadda313c9-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2de68f70-69c0-4d12-b592-ebfadda313c9-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2de68f70-69c0-4d12-b592-ebfadda313c9-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2de68f70-69c0-4d12-b592-ebfadda313c9-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1112'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1559708865\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1113'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2eb1fd73-b916-469c-b963-04ec04c06354-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2eb1fd73-b916-469c-b963-04ec04c06354-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2eb1fd73-b916-469c-b963-04ec04c06354-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2eb1fd73-b916-469c-b963-04ec04c06354-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2eb1fd73-b916-469c-b963-04ec04c06354-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1113'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1561438047\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1114'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3d10422a-c568-42f9-9b9d-ce53f1f372c0-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3d10422a-c568-42f9-9b9d-ce53f1f372c0-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3d10422a-c568-42f9-9b9d-ce53f1f372c0-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3d10422a-c568-42f9-9b9d-ce53f1f372c0-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3f655c99-1623-45c5-835a-3ff29e44632d-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3f655c99-1623-45c5-835a-3ff29e44632d-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3f655c99-1623-45c5-835a-3ff29e44632d-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3f655c99-1623-45c5-835a-3ff29e44632d-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1116'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1560386711\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After school I rushed to my &#8220;home base&#8221;, parked my vw, then Mark and I pulled our cases along the icy sidewalks to the Chevron gas station which doubles as the local &#8220;bus depot&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0The roads were really slippery and the bus driver left early!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2267 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1117'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4b883e89-d6b4-4cce-aa5a-0ecd530a8275-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4b883e89-d6b4-4cce-aa5a-0ecd530a8275-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4b883e89-d6b4-4cce-aa5a-0ecd530a8275-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04c4aaee-eb3c-4541-8ee4-8f968f5a82ab-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04c4aaee-eb3c-4541-8ee4-8f968f5a82ab-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04c4aaee-eb3c-4541-8ee4-8f968f5a82ab-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04c4aaee-eb3c-4541-8ee4-8f968f5a82ab-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1118'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1561440715\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After a quick visit with my brother in PG, we flew the remaining distance home the following day.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2267 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1128'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8ec61ef5-ab73-405e-8558-1b7ecfe50790-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8ec61ef5-ab73-405e-8558-1b7ecfe50790-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8ec61ef5-ab73-405e-8558-1b7ecfe50790-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8ec61ef5-ab73-405e-8558-1b7ecfe50790-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8ec61ef5-ab73-405e-8558-1b7ecfe50790-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1128'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1561002118\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1129'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15fa262d-afc2-4b76-b631-05ce7d953089-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15fa262d-afc2-4b76-b631-05ce7d953089-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15fa262d-afc2-4b76-b631-05ce7d953089-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15fa262d-afc2-4b76-b631-05ce7d953089-collage-768x768.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/74d31907-077c-4b3c-a0b8-7b09fbc302bd-collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1139'>\n\t\t\t\ttimestamp=1560390135\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=1140'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/76e05408-0984-449a-8e95-c299d2f92646-collage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/76e05408-0984-449a-8e95-c299d2f92646-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, 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