Tag: ice life
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Day Ninety
Ninety daysssssss. Here we are. After sitting at the computer all day yesterday doing data entry that seemed to never end, today was the opposite. I was moving nonstop from the time I got up until now. Exhausted is an understatement. I got up early to make a little progress packing up my old room…
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Day Eighty-Nine
Gawsh. What a day. I’ll start by letting you know what I didn’t do that I’d planned to do…all the things that didn’t get crossed off the to-do list for the day. Gym. Shower. Start moving to my new dorm. Yoga with Adriene. Those all remain on the list, uncrossed. And that’s okay, sometimes that…
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Day Eighty-Eight
Sunday started with restocking Gallagher’s for brunch bar and then heading to the gerbil gym. Six days of exercise and still going strong. Then it was shower time and brunch before heading to the store. Double brunch brought my second favorite brunch item-baked brie. Yum. Tuna and brie in one weekend, double yum. In the…
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Day Eighty-Seven
Today was another good day, but I am not finished telling you about yesterday. After a hella amazing morning at coffee I headed over to Gallagher’s and restocked for brunch bar. Normally brunch bar is only on Sundays, but since it was a two-day weekend for the community it’s also a double brunch bar weekend.…
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Day Eighty-Six
I had my weekly coffee shift this morning. As much as I don’t love getting out of bed earlier than I would for work, I love my coffee shift. I’ve considered not doing it on community-two day weekends, because I know that I won’t have any visitors, but I always forget to cancel it by…
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Day Eighty-Five
With the move over to the 207 dorm building and inventory in the store taking place early next week, well, things be busy-busy. Busy is good and probably the new norm from here on out til I depart for the non frozen world. This evening there were two birthday parties on station. One for our…
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Day Eighty-Four
It’s a happening. Change is here. It started with the blue hour in the afternoon which increases by a few minutes everyday bringing more and more light to our little station. The mountains across the sea ice were completely visible this afternoon and all the colors were in the sky looking out past Hut Point.…
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Day Eighty-Three
It was overcast and a bit snowy today, but the blue was in full force. It is wild to step outside and see something other than darkness. It also feels like it happened so fast. Dark one day, civil twilight the next. I’ve started imagining what it will be like to be back in 24…
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Day Eighty-Two
My bestie, Francesca, asked me about food earlier today and said I should share the conversation with whoever is reading this (hi Mom). What she found interesting is that per the Antarctic Treaty, biologically viable organisms in food, personal care products, and supplements are all prohibited for importation and use in Antarctica. This includes “SCOBY”…
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Day Eighty-One
Hello August! Moment of truth-I haven’t been to the gerbil gym in at least a month and a half. I am, and have been, acutely aware that in not working out, my mood be suffering. Along with the cold, dark days. The endless repetition…all contributing factors to a month(ish) of funk. But, it’s August. New…
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