My mom just left after coming up for a week-long visit. It was so fun to explore Exit Glacier and the Alaskan coastline with her, even though it was far too brief of a visit. I think that I talked more with her in her first 48 hours than I've ever talked in my life! I got a great snapshot of everyone back at home in Maine and what they've been up to.
Right now I'm wicked tired, but just wanted to say a quick hello. I'm thinking ahead to the trip home that'll be in mid-September... hopefully I'll road-trip back with my friend Krista from Illinois. She really wants to see Eugene, OR along the way, so a visit to Willamette might be in store. I'm really hoping to convince my brother Peter to join me for part of the trip at least. I miss him a lot and I'm hoping that we'll end up having at least one adventure together for our year off (he just graduated high school and is taking a gap year). He mentioned that he'll maybe go to Hawaii for a bit to work for some family friends, and I'm incredibly tempted to look for a job down there too. A lot of my current co-workers will be down there as well this winter, and it would be easy for me to get a job there with connections through boat people here, so it looks like I have a fun back-up plan if Antarctica doesn't work out. I do have a lot of paperwork and physical/dental requirements to complete before my trip down to the Ice is totally sealed in stone, so I'll keep you all posted. Hope all's going well with my friends across the country and around the world!
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