Tag: ice life
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Day Thirty-Nine
Sunday, again. Last night’s Pride party was pretty entertaining. I stayed up and out with the crowd until 1:30AM. I even danced(!) Sometimes it was awkward as could be and sometimes I felt completely free. I suppose that is progress. There were a handful of songs that I could just close my eyes and pretend…
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Day Thirty-Eight
Last night’s darts were a success. We played in teams, with the same partner for all three games in the tournament. My partner was Ed, the Engineering Maintenance Supervisor at Scott Base. We won all three games and I threw pretty well. In the middle of the evening, the Scott Base radios went off telling…
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Day Thirty-Seven
I’ve been back in the can’t fall asleep until after two in the morning zone, which is extra yuck. It was around two when I looked at the clock for the last time and then my alarm went off just before eight. I’d arranged to join supply in the warehouse for the store this morning.…
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Day Thirty-Five
Struggling to come up with words today, so this is probably gonna be random AF. I’m also in rare form. Like that first sentence wasn’t a clue in. My workday ended in the store, with my friend Marty spotting me as I made multiple attempts at doing a handstand. I’ve had the urge to do…
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Day Thirty-Four
Busy day in MacTown. It started off with a very windy beverage pull this morning. So cold. Then after the lunch time hours at the store, I popped over to our fuels department and helped unwind over a mile of fuel hose while the fuelies checked the line for any damage. This is one of…
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Day Thirty-Three
My going-out and socializing streak continues. Karaoke on Friday, Scott Base on Saturday, a Women of Winter get together on Sunday, and tonight which is Monday, Open Mic night. I know it’s been good for me, too. Keeps me out of my head, which is always a good thing. The Women of Winter gathering was…
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Day Thirty-Two
I’ve shared a few reasons I decided to come down here over the past month. There are a handful, including the adventure of it all. Checking off another continent of course and doing it in a way that I am making money as well. Not just passing through on a vacation, but really getting to…
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Day Twenty-Nine
My coveted day off, woo-hoo. Shortly after I woke up this morning, the phone in my room rang. It was our Food Services Supervisor, Drew. He said he thought he had my keys and then described the keychain, yep, he had my keys. I said, oh no–that’s not good, my keys unlock the store and…
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Day Twenty-Eight
After all that talk of mid-winter yesterday, I arrived at work today to a message in my inbox and the subject line was mid-winter dinner. The message was from my friend, Ed, over at Scott Base. Scott Base is the Antarctic home of our Kiwi neighbors. The message was an invitation to be Ed’s plus…
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Day Twenty-Seven
As I sat down to write this, I realized tomorrow is my Friday and shook my head in disbelief at how quickly the week went by. The summer did not go by anywhere near as quickly as the winter season is going by. I know I’ve said that before, but it is worth noting again…
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