The Journey is now just my own...

So today is the day that my best friend left me all alone at the bottom of the earth! Damn him! Haha. As cool as it has been to experience this together it's probably best for both of our healths that he has gone. We've been going a thousand miles an hour ever since I got here. I am yet to have gotten a good nights sleep in 3 weeks since I've left the states. And let me tell you I am ready to get some sleep!

I am however starting to get into the swing of things. The food has been pretty good as of late. I have been able to get myself into some sort of routine which has been nice. I don't think I'll ever get use to this 6 days a week work thing. Sunday's are a Godsend though.

I just finished playing some volleyball tonight, it was good times. Our league started tonight and my team is undefeated! Go us! I am absolutely ready to take on this continent without the influence of alcohol in my system. Yesterday Anthony, myself and my roommates girlfriend Kim took a hike up Ob Hill (Observation Hill, pictures on shutterfly!). It was an absolutely gorgeous day, I couldn't have asked for better weather to take a hike. There was virtually no wind until we got to the top of the hill. Next time I will definitely get some snow grips for the boots because that was definitely a challenge.

I know I've said it numerous times already but the scenery here is absolutely breathtaking, now it could be the altitude but I think it's more than that. I'm proud of the pictures that I have taken but they honestly do not do this place justice. I'm not turning into a tree hugging hippie by any means but we definitely need to try our best to preserve this world that we live in. There is so much beauty that is out there to be seen and we can't be so selfish to not leave it behind for those that come after us.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get my love to ever come down here but I can't wait to see the world with her and to share these beautiful sights with her. It's funny to me to hear some of the people down here talk. We had to watch this God (that better?) awful movie last night at the science lecture called "Ice People." Please do not waste your time watching this or thinking that this is what it's like. They really ignored all of the people who work down here at the bases and focused on about 5 people who are out at a field camp. To get back to my original thought though...

I hear people down here talk about how this is just a job. The discussion came up about the movie and somebody tried to say that the movie "sucked" because they didn't show that it's like any other job. To which I basically told him he was retarded. Yes it is a job down here but it is nothing like the regular world back home. There is virtually no privacy or alone time down here unless you hike really far out with nobody else. And it's not like we can pick up and go wherever we want whenever we want. Every time we want to leave we have to check in with the firehouse. Not that that is a bad thing. It's really good because there are no cell phones, if you have an emergency and no one knows where you are you are dead. And that's really the shocking thing about some people's comments down here. I don't think they realize they live on such a harsh continent.

I hope to have some pictures for you within the next couple of weeks that will absolutely blow your mind. They recently have discovered something out here really cool, I'm not going to give away what it is but the pics I've seen from some people who have already gone are amazing... Just something to wet your appetite! Anywho, that's all for now. Hope all is well at home with everyone. Please email me just to fill me in. It's tough to get updates without being close to home and I'd love to know what everyone else is up to as well.

Much Love,
D