Tag: travel adventures
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Day Eighteen
I made it seven months and eleven days down here before I caved and put on an adult onesie. Hell hath indeed frozen over. And I guess that’s where the party is. To top it off, it was a Pokemon onesie. I have never watched Pokemon, but I have watched heaps of adult children down…
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Day Seventeen
The first thing I thought when I woke up today was, ew, you’ve got to take down yesterday’s entry. Being Saturday, I had to make a move and get to my coffee shift, so I left the thought hanging out in bed as I bundled up to head to Southern (the coffee house). Coffee is…
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Day Sixteen
I spend a fair amount of time in my head down here. Maybe I do up there, too. I’m usually overanalyzing or overthinking something and it’s usually something about myself that the antagonist has brought to my attention. It can get pretty uncomfortable. Self-awareness cuts both ways. It is nice to have the awareness, but…
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Day Fourteen
We had a gnarly storm yesterday, the wind chill took us to -98F. Crazy. I only experienced it as I ran across to the gerbil gym and back. Down here, it’s the wind that gets you. It is unlike any other wind I’ve ever experienced. All I have to do is run between buildings periodically…
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Day Thirteen
Today is day two of struggling to get out of bed in the morning. I know it wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about the struggle, but then there was a stretch, be it short, of not mentioning it, which means I was doing okay. And now I am not. Despite the struggle, I…
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Day Twelve
Despite the rinse and repeat nature of the days down here, there is always something to keep it interesting. Yesterday was Sunday, which means brunch, which in turn means a thirty-minute earlier start to my work day. A handful of us were invited to have coffee with our station manager in the morning. For most…
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Day Ten
Woofah. I am tired this evening. I was full of energy during the day and as a result, it was a productive day at work, but I am zonked this evening. I had my coffee shift this morning, so it was an earlier than normal start, but a caffeinated start, which might have had something…
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Day Seven
It’s Wednesday! The exclamation mark notes my excitement because although it is midweek for most, it is my Friday. I am always excited for my day off and they come around pretty quickly. My day started with a session in the gerbil gym. I should point out that the gym is not attached to the…
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Day Six
Tuesday. On Tuesday mornings, I go into work earlier for what is called beverage pull or bev pull for short. So no gym on Tuesdays, because I am not getting up any earlier than I already do. Instead I have a yoga mat in my room and I do my little routine there and get…
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Day Four
Sunday. I keep getting nervous that after the first seven days of writing, which give you insight into what each day is like down here, I will run out of things to say. I am also fairly sure that won’t be the case, that it’s just anxiety saying hello. This place is so bizarre, interesting and weird…
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