Snow Days
"Snow?" you say questioningly, perhaps with one eyebrow raised. "That doesn't seem likely on a tropical island." Well yes. But let's say there's no snow, but you're still not going anywhere. It was a Monday morning. I woke up thinking it was an ordinary start to an ordinary week, but then my phone starting going off with multiple messages: unrest in town, school's been cancelled. Time to keep an ear to the ground on what's going on. Then I heard gunshots. Hmm, definitely not an ordinary Monday. We don't normally hear gunshots here. Although I'd heard rumors of families with guns hidden away, weapons aren't a common sight on this island. Even the bank security guards are lucky to have a night stick. Normally they just sit slouched in a chair, looking bored. Occasionally unrest will involve rock throwing, but still... guns are an entirely different escalation. As a team, we were planning on getting together throughout the week to f...