Summit Camp's Day Off

Here we are on a lazy Sunday morning.  Summit Station's one day off a week.  When you sign up to work at Summit, you sign an agreement that says you are willing to work 6 days a week and 10 hours a day.  It makes for a long week, but then there is nothing to do here after hours.

Sundays are the one day when the whole station slows down and takes a deep breath.  The kitchen is DIY, the laundry is usually going continuously and people are few and far between.  Here it is 12 noon and there are only 5 of us here in the Big House.  I managed to get into the shower this morning (first shower since I got here two weeks ago) and wash myself down.  I also threw all of my clothes and bed sheets into the washer/dryer.  What a great thing it is to feel clean.

One of my activities that I have been doing after dinner is to walk around the station.  If you can imagine a triangle, with each point being one of the buildings on station, that is my route.  Starting at the Big House, I walk 0.6 km to TAWO, then over to the MSF ~0.5 km and then back to the Big House.  I have been doing this loop 2-3 times a night, just to get some exercise in.  During the work day, depending on what I am working on, I can do the MSF to TAWO leg 3-4 times.

My work has been going slowly and I still have quite a bit to go.  I have two weeks left on station to get the everything finished.  So, not only is it a Sunday, it is my half way point as well.  Yippie.

May all of you have a wonderful Sunday as well.