The drive to Basecamp was really amazing; as it was such a beautiful day and I was on my own I could savour every minute of it.
In basecamp it was nice catching up with Anna, Alexey and Sergey R (who is doing end-of-well reporting). They were going to organise a trip out to Salym village for the whole of SSFT and use it as an excuse for team building but they couldn't find a cafe that could take more than 10 people!! So we had cake and tea in the main caravan and all the PTs joined us and wished me a happy birthday :-)
Then I hopped back into the car and drove back just in time before dark. It was just really nice to turn up just for a cake party and go "home" again!
Apparently the cooks had been looking for me at lunchtime as they wanted to wish me a happy birthday so I thanked them for the cake over dinner. Then I went to bed as I was feeling really tired and the interesting geology started coming in at midnight, so I got up at 11:30.
In half an hour I can celebrate my real birthday based on central European time!
Apart from all of the above, I really feel like a spoilt 5-year-old because today I have eaten:
-omelet for breakfast
-chocolate
-ice cream
-cake
-more cake
-even more cake
-a bit o' dinner
-cake again
AND I received:
-a large box of chocolates from Sasha
-a packet of French biscuits I like from Gilles
-a Cheburashka soft toy (it speaks too!!) from Pasha
-a Teddy Bear (Mishka, really cuddly and soft) from Anna
the latter two kept me company on the way home :-)
Thanks for all the messages and wishes, I have just had such a nice, memorable day :-)
Just one person missing to make it 100% perfect.
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