Something New :-)

So I figured that It was time to post again. Life has been busy, mainly just working and house sitting though. Friday night and Saturday night was a lot of fun with all of the alumni at the reunion. I am really glad that we all got together and were able to catch up on each others lives. My sister leaves on September 1st for a semester abroad in London. I am really excited for her, she is going to have a ton of fun and get to see a ton of sights. Its going to be weird, Beth will be gone for 3 months and I will be gone for about 5 1/2 months, my parents are going from having a full house to an Empty one really fast.

October is sneaking up on me, I have been trying to get ready for my adventure down to the Ice. I am totally excited, but a little nervous too, it will be a completely different experience than I have ever had, but I really am excited. I just got a call today and was told my departure dates. I am scheduled to arrive on the Ice on October 14th, which means I tentatively leave the states on October 10th. I will be on a flight with 3 for sure may 4 of my fellow interns, I have already met all but one of them. We will all get to meet up at LAX before our long flight to Auckland, New Zealand and then from there to Christchurch, New Zealand where we will stay for a few days to gather our Extreme Cold Weather Gear (ECW gear) and to have a short briefing on what to expect and what we will be doing and then we will fly down on a Military cargo plane (C-17) and land on the ice. From there I will have a few safety meetings and start work the next day.

I have started a 2nd blog, right now there is nothing posted on it but it is sitting there waiting to be written on. I figured it would be easier for me to have one place that I most definitely post whats going on down on the ice for all to read, since I know more people will be looking at that than the people who read this one. For your references the address is www.icegirl05.blogspot.com. I will be using that a lot down on the ice. As I will also be posting here.

I believe that is good for now, I wont let it be 2 months until I post again.