2010 has officially begun and all I can say is "It's off to a good start!" I would first like to thank friends & family (I miss all of you) for sending me boxes of junk food for x-mas... they didn't last long but they were much appreciated nonetheless. I may not have had a stocking this time but, as you can see, I managed.
As I said, this year is starting off fairly well so far. A small storm moved in for a couple of days, dumping a nice blanket of snow around town. This was great because it seemed to liven things up a little but, but bad because you had to spend the majority of your time at work dodging, ducking, dipping, diving, and uh... dodging (advice: 12 hour snowball fights make you sore). This was enjoyable enough but, to top it off, some little guys in tuxedos decided to pay a small visit to the airfield (or at least the snow road to it). That's right people, I finally had my chance to see some penguins around here (free-range ones too). I must say, emperors are quite a bit bigger in person than I expected... I even have a video of them surfing around but that will have to wait until I get home (technical difficulties).
I'd like to finish out this post with a little news, I was finally given my redeployment date and it looks like I should be out of here on the 20th of February (basically the last flight out). It should be pretty fun to see the population dwindle around here over the coming month.
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Penguins!!!
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