Busy Busy

Only three more days of simulation, and then we break sim and head home. Wow. It's been an amazing two weeks.

I've been on two more EVAs since I last posted here. Pictures tomorrow, I promise! I'll get right at it in the morning. I have some good before-and-after shots of Observatory hardware that I've been in the process of repairing as well. Still not up and running, but I'm working on it. May have to wait until the next crew for it to be perfect.

We had fried Ramen soup noodles with corned beef and peas for lunch. Sounds icky but it's great! The noodles give it a little bit of crunch, and the seasoning from the Ramen adds lots of flavor. We have sure eaten some weird food here (spam anyone?) but anything is good when you're hungry, and we have had three good sized, balanced meals a day. Much better then Clarkson food anyway.

I need to shave. But no one here cares. Being scruffy is part of being on Mars. Due to water system issues, we haven't been able to shower since the end of the last week. I've only taken one shower since I've been here. Shaving is the least of my concerns after freezing to death or drowning in gray water from the showers and sinks (joking! our propane tank was refilled to 100% yesterday and all the water is in well-marked and capped tanks in the ground behind the Hab).