After a day off I am still tired. It will take a bit more to get me back to 100% but I am willing to wait until I leave Antarctica. I don't want to miss anything.Today we are going back to Cape…
This morning we had an IPY Live Event. It was my first and I was a little nervous. I also was saddened that none of the classes from my school were able to participate. They had computer problems…
Today is my first real day off! I did have a day off when I first arrived but Stacy was kind enough to take us on an all day field trip (it was really fun). This is the first day that I have…
I overslept - almost. My alarm went off at 5:30am but I didn't realize that was what the noise was (it must have been a really good dream). Luckily, my roommate got up and woke me. I had a 7:00am…
First thing this morning, the whole team and one volunteer packed up to go to Cape Evans. That meant that we needed to transport all of the equipment and eight people. The Pisten Bully was just not…
I woke up and realized that today is my Dad's birthday (Happy Birthday Dad!!!). However, I need to wait until tomorrow to call him because it is November 19th where he lives in Virginia. I spent the…
Today started really early for me. I got up to watch Stacy on live, national television. She was on the* Today* show this morning. Now, when I say morning I am talking about 2:11am our time this…
Some days are filled with doing the little things. However, it is often the little things that can make the difference. Everyone on the team has things that they need to accomplish if the overall…
I am getting sick. I have fever blisters on my lower lip and I am congested. I am whining a little here because as far as the team is concerned it is business as usual because being sick is no…
Today is Sunday and as you may remember this is the only day off that we get. Well, today we all decided to work. There is so much to do and just not enough time. I went to the lab at 8:00am to…
This morning I had back-to-back meetings. I had my 7:30am team meeting and then I attended the MAUC (McMurdo Area Users Committee) meeting that Stacy chairs. The committee discusses various…
Today was an extremely busy one but it also was an absolutely wonderful one. It started first thing when Stacy announced during the 7:30am team meeting that Scott and I would get our first…