Saturday, October 11, 2008

I'm Here Again

Yep! Back in McMurdo. Day seven, if you count the half day when I arrived. Our plane touched down in the afternoon sometime at the Pegasus airfield last Tuesday afternoon. Austin (aka Poopsie Starfish), a bandmate of mine, was ready to jump on that plane after spending a year on the Ice. He gave me some amazing words of advice, and I chatted with two of my co-workers from last season who were only in town for the month of Winfly. If we wouldn't have been delayed in Christchurch for a week, I would've gotten to spend at least two nights hanging out with them before they left. But looking back, that week in Christchurch was a great time to unwind.

I've been back to work a whole week now. Getting settled in includes getting the computer all set up to see the folders on the shared drives that you need to see, remembering how the phones work, and tracking down missing contact lists. We've got about 50 grantees on station as of today, and things are only going to pick up soon!

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 3:08 PM