More firsts...

Sunday:

• Fresh fruit for breakfast!! Amy says Jin-A and I look the happiest she's seen us all trip. After all, we finally get my freshies, and I'm about to play ulti and go on a huge adventure!
  
• Ultimate frisbee in Antarctica. 4 on 4 in the (tiny!) gym, and I suggested we play make it, take it. We have a nice fast game. Pepe from Brown is solid, Rob is good, and most importantly, everyone is fun to play with.
• Castle Rock! 8 miles, almost all on cross-country skis. We walked the first dirt and ice 1.5ish mi, and I skied the rest. Spectacular. Good company: Brett and Nick, two fish guys, Rob, Jin-A, Michele who was a wonderful help for us newbies, and myself. A wonderful get-outta-town trip. Traying joy down the bottom bit of hill. Happily, we both got a shuttle from the Kiwi station (otherwise another 1.5 mi hike on the road over the ridge to McMurdo) and had dinner waiting for us in the galley after our 7hr exploration. Possibly my best galley meal yet.

Monday:

• My first solo yoga teaching. Sat after work Rec'd scheduled me for Wed so I'd have more time between getting off Ivan at 6.15p and getting to class at 7 instead of 6.30p. I went to open yoga today to stretch after yesterday's pretty intense workout and found two newer-bies wanting to do yoga. So they got to be my guinea pigs for a mostly flow session of sun salutations, warriors I & II, triangle pose, half cow-faced pose, and pigeon pose (for my bum & hips :) bookended by breathing and shivasana. Afterwards, the gal said she felt like she'd just released all the pent-up tension of the last 3 years (since she'd done any yoga) and had a big smile. The guy, an airplane mechanic, also seemed pretty happy, so I guess I did it. ... Wuh-hooo! But my teacher-friends are right, teaching doesn't help you do your own practice. I think I did enough for me for tonight though, and the act cheered my spirits. And then... (aaannd theeennn... ;)
  
• my first snow in McMurdo! It's pretty rare here; the whole continent is desert or nearly so. But even rarer is that it's not particularly cold, making for the perfect snow-wander.