Day 10

Day 10

Egad my toes are gone.

I was standing outside with my first aid kit in case anything happened while Derek and Zena were cutting wood and the sun started its descent. It dipped behind a hill and the temperature dropped nearly fifteen degrees. I was completely unprepared, and my toes are freezing.

Life is simple when it makes you happy that you realize you have two 'clean' pairs of jeans instead of just one. Of course, this means I must have worn the one pair at least seven days in a row. Ah well.

Guh. It's so cold. All I can think about is how cold it is outside. It makes me never want to be an optical astronomer. Ever. Unless I'm stationed in Hawaii. I think I'd be able to deal with it then, but anywhere else is a flat-out no. Maybe I'm a baby, but it's beyond cold here and I don't like it.

We got to sleep in this morning, until around 10.00. It was nice. It's always so nice and warm in my sleeping bag. So warm that I more often than not wake up in a sweat. It's nice but sort of annoying. It makes me long for my sleeping bag during the day while it's so cold outside.

We all showered yesterday so I smell like flowers now, which is comparable to sweat. Yum. It also makes me inordinately happy that I had almost four 'clean' shirts when I looked in my bag this morning. I've been layering, so the top layer is 'clean' in my standards.

I'm making bread tonight. We have misplaced the recipe for wheat bread so until I dig that up I'm going to deal with white bread. It smells really good. Bread, rice, and beans. A nice hearty meal (hopefully).

I've learned something about myself here. I kind of actually like cooking. Maybe not for myself, but providing for others is definitely something I enjoy doing. I might ask for a full spice collection when I get back to Earth, so that I have something to play around with when I get back to Uni.

Tired again. I am getting enough sleep, I'm just tired all the time. Mmm bunk.

night monkey out.

End day 10