Day 17: Another totally random job for the ol' resume

Things have gone from somewhat stagnant to suddenly quite active. After an enormously stressful few days waiting to figure out what was happening with the ship (where my lab team was, whether I should be moving on the ship, how to disguise how much luggage I actually have) I eventually just went to the dock, found the ship, and thankfully ran into someone I know. I've since met the people I'll be working for and had at least a glimpse at my room. The people seem excellent - I really am very excited to know that they are really nice and plan to teach me everything. The room is perfectly adequate and a quick survey suggests that between the closet and a set of drawers I should be able to put everything somewhere and keep as much out of the roomate's way as possible. The roomate I have not met yet...we shall see how that goes...

So, like I mentioned previously, this will unfortunately be my last post for quite awhile. I will not have internet on the ship, although I will have an email system that will allow me to access a special address. If you need/want to contact me, please email lfmcf47@gmail.com and follow the instructions in the auto-response. Otherwise, I will write once I get to Iceland on October 22th. Unless I find internet in one of the 18 MILLION airports that I will visit between Kugluktuk and Iceland. I can't remember if I already wrote about this, but I have to spend two days and five flights to get from northern Canada to Iceland - which is just to get me to Greenland. Ah well.

Well, I hope you've all enjoyed the blog so far - time to take care of some last minute things and get my luggage downstairs. Thanks for checking in and please try again in a few months. All the best to you all!