Day 4

Day 4

We all had issues getting up this morning. Auvi had to be shouted out of bed, and I took an extra three minutes waking up. Six and a half hours sleep isn't working well. Perhaps we aren't as young as we thought we were. Derek actually fell asleep at the computer today, which was not good. I told him to lie down for an hour, and he is now fine.

Before lunch, David planned an EVA with Zena and myself going out on the ATVs. I was excited and nervous, and it took a long time to get ready for it. By the time Zena was ready to go, however, my toes were frozen inside my boots. I'm not sure why my boots are suddenly not retaining warmth, but my toes were so cold they hurt, so I couldn't go out on a two hour long EVA. David took my place and he and Zena went out with the ATVs. They ended up missing a turn on the map and had to turn around and come back.

The observatory is almost working. All of the components necessary to run a sky survey are in place, the only problem is the survey would have to be run from the dome itself rather than from the HAB which would be optimal. We have a space heater, but it uses a lot of electricity and doesn't help much in a small dome when it's open. All in all, though, Derek is absolutely amazing with all the work he's done on the observatory.

Still haven't caught the mouse. If I do, maybe I'll have a friend for the plane-ride home. He ate all the bait I left for him and then pooped in my trap. I am offended and appalled at his lack of manners.

There was a draft (still is, actually but it's better than before) that we plugged up with a moldy pillow. Hopefully it will hold for the most part. I'm going to either shower or sponge bath today (yay!), because my hair is pretty much defying gravity with the amount of grease in it. Yummy.

All in all it's been an uneventful day. I suppose I can catch you all up on the HSO incidents that have been happening. Mostly they're just scrapes and bruises, but a few of my crewmembers have come to me feeling dizzy from fumes. We have no vapour rub, so I might need to request that. I'm just worried about infections with the amount of dust floating around the science lab, and the fact that most of our engineers are working with the waste system.

Toilet's still not working, by the way. At least our rooms are very warm to sleep in. I designed the crew badge for our mission. It was exciting.

I smell.

Night monkey out.

End day 4