I asked a friend on board (Yoshi) whose birthday was today
(Sunday) what he would like for his birthday. He said to go to Yoga with
him at 6:30 a.m. Crap, 6:30 a.m! I've been dragging a little bit because
I haven't been getting much sleep. It's my fault; I sleep great here on
the ship, I just don't sleep enough because I'm carousing late into the night with
pals. Plus when it is bright and sunny at midnight, it doesn't help
trying to get to bed. So I got my ass out of bed at 6:15 after 4 hours
of sleep and worked that Downward Dog until I felt like barking! (Sorry
Hickory). Meigan the Yoga instructor was impressed, and I kinda
committed to going tomorrow morning. We'll see.
I'm spending some great quality time with John and Mette, staff on the
ship, he's an Aussie and she's a Norwegian. Both also were among the
team that won the Nobel Peace Prize of members of the International
Committee for Banning Landmines in 1997. Fascinating personal stories;
Mette especially is so humble and sincere, and so self-disclosing about
her personal struggles of PTSD working in Afghanistan. Such interesting
people are on this ship - not many slouches - and very passionate about
their ambitions and challenges. Very inspirational.
As we head south, it feels like the expedition is coming to an end,
which it is. One more full day tomorrow. Today was another great day of
excursions, Puffin colonies perched on the rocky hillside, the serenity
of the ice, Zodiacing through it as we come up on glacier faces, and a
beautiful sunny sky to bring the day to a warm and fulfilling end. The
sunset, which isn't really a sunset; more like a sun bounce on the
horizon was a great last moment of Sunday and impetus to get my ass to bed
before midnight. And I promised Mette I would be at Yoga tomorrow at
6:30. Ugh!
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