Tag: sober
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Day Forty-Six
Saturday was a long, but great day. After not much sleep, I was up early for my coffee shift, which was a little lighter than normal since many were sleeping off the Scott Base party from night before. After coffee, I headed over to Gallagher’s to restock and help decorate. The theme for the evening…
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Day Forty-Five
Better late than never! What a weekend. Two amazing midwinter dinners in the books. It kicked off with a trip over to Scott Base on Friday night. There were about 60 of us invited to their dinner and they put on a fantastic spread. It was my first non buffet meal in eight months. After…
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Day Forty-Four
I’ve spent a fair bit of the past week bouncing between wishing time away and yet knowing that when my time to leave the ice comes, it will most likely feel too soon and I won’t be ready for it to end. It’s so hard to stay in the moment sometimes. The week leading up…
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Day Forty-Three
Happy Winter Solstice! Last night, at 2:57AM, the South Pole reached its maximum tilt away from the sun. It’s Antarctic Midwinter. We are halfway between our last sunset and moving closer and closer to our first sunrise on August 20th. There are 144 of us here at McMurdo and 17 down the road at Scott…
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Day Forty-Two
I often feel very cut off down here. Not just from the non-frozen world. Cut off in a spiritual sense. It’s difficult to articulate what I mean, because it’s a feeling. Or lack thereof. In the non-frozen world I feel like I am more regularly having those cup-overflowing, heart-so-full feelings and those moments are far…
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Day Forty-One
A year or so after I got sober, I heard the line ‘people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.’ I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit lately. About the people I’ve met down here and my relationships with each of them. Wondering who belongs in each of those…
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Day Forty
I slept so well last night. It was glorious. It’s not often anymore that I can just lay down, close my eyes and go to sleep so when it does happen I am very happy about it. I slept in this morning as well, so I started the day fully rested and I am telling…
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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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