It is a strange thing to become accustomed to such extreme conditions. But the human is a hardy animal and we can adapt to most situations. It has been two weeks for a lot of the folks here including myself. People are settling in and life here is feeling more normal. People walk to the bathrooms from the Jamesways in shorts and sandals or in my case bare foot.
No doubt it is cold here still. no matter how accustomed you become the cold is a powerful force that will remind you at the tip of your nose, ears, hands, feet and sometimes even the core. But this even becomes routine and you simply learn how to deal with such issues. Chemical hand and foot warmers and the suffocating balaclava or neck gaiter are some solutions. But in the end the human must be hardy and simply endure. A beautiful thing.
Even though conditions are cold here we are all pampered beyond my imagination. The food is amazing and there is never a shortage of hot drinks or any other amenity for that matter. The store is always stocked, there is an incredible assortment of movies, two work out rooms, a bouldering cave, a gym, video games and a music room with an incredible assortment of instruments.
This is quite an amazing place to be. Probably one of the few, where construction workers mingle with great minds of physics and astronomy. A place where great people come together to live and work helping to establish a greater understanding of our universe through the advancement of science.
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