(Ring, Ring)Ok, open your eyes. Your alive, that's good. Where am I? What happened last night? I remember.....(Ring, Ring)shit the phone, man I hope that is not work calling telling me there is something wrong. Geez, my head is killing me. (Ring, Ring) oh yea the phone, get up, that a boy good job. Should I turn on the light? Oh man my head is killing me, ok no light you can make it to the phone. Ouch!!! God what the hell did I just kick. (Ring, Ring) Wait, where the hell am I? why don't I have any pants on? I have to piss like a race horse... Where the hell is the phone!! (Ring, Ring) Awww there it is.. "hello?", "Yes, this is your wake up call." (huh) wait a minute. Wake up call? Where am I? Was this all a dream? Did I leave? Am I somewhere in Australia at a hotel? Why don't I have pants on? Is this my hotel room? "hello?" Wait, the connection is bad and there is a delay. Ok I am in my room in Antarctica. This is my couch I am sitting on. God I gotta pee, and my head is killing me. "hello?" "yea, I am here" who is this voice, it sounds so familiar. It is a girl, ok I can figure this out. Just let her talk for a minute, hmmm. I am thirsty. Just listen, listen, you know this. You know who this is, why is it so early? Well I guess 9am isn't early. Shut up and listen, wait for it, concentrate, listen you idiot.....
So it was as if someone took a stick and hit me across the face. I all of a sudden woke up and realized who was on the phone, my head stopped pounding, it was still dark, but I could see now and my sentences almost started to make sense. I probably was not that fun to talk to and I probably was not making good conversation. I will tell you what though, hearing her voice listening to her talk(because I was in no shape to do any talking) that really made me feel so much better. It is strange, down here you go months and months without talking to friends or family. And it surprises me at how just a short conversation on the phone, just a "hey, how are you" can completely change your mood. I know that all day I have thought about that call and how I wish I hadn't gone out last night and drank that one too many beers. I also wish I hadn't been working a crazy day/night shift schedule. I wish these things, because then I could have been awake and in a good mood to have a nice conversation. I hope that one day I can get another call from her, I would like that. A few weeks ago I was in a bad mood, just not feeling happy about being here and I called my mom, just so I could go over some financial things and that quick conversation from my mom put me in a better mood for the rest of the week. It was not a deep conversation, it was about nothing important. It was just hearing her voice and knowing that you have those friends and family back home that when you get off the ice they will always be there, they will be the first ones to meet you and have lunch or have a drink with. Those people are what makes going home worth it, and knowing those people are there, makes being down here easier....
(Ring, Ring)Ok, open your eyes. Your alive, that's good. Where am I? What happened last night? I remember.....(Ring, Ring)shit the phone, man I hope that is not work calling telling me there is something wrong. Geez, my head is killing me. (Ring, Ring) oh yea the phone, get up, that a boy good job. Should I turn on the light? Oh man my head is killing me, ok no light you can make it to the phone. Ouch!!! God what the hell did I just kick. (Ring, Ring) Wait, where the hell am I? why don't I have any pants on? I have to piss like a race horse... Where the hell is the phone!! (Ring, Ring) Awww there it is.. "hello?", "Yes, this is your wake up call." (huh) wait a minute. Wake up call? Where am I? Was this all a dream? Did I leave? Am I somewhere in Australia at a hotel? Why don't I have pants on? Is this my hotel room? "hello?" Wait, the connection is bad and there is a delay. Ok I am in my room in Antarctica. This is my couch I am sitting on. God I gotta pee, and my head is killing me. "hello?" "yea, I am here" who is this voice, it sounds so familiar. It is a girl, ok I can figure this out. Just let her talk for a minute, hmmm. I am thirsty. Just listen, listen, you know this. You know who this is, why is it so early? Well I guess 9am isn't early. Shut up and listen, wait for it, concentrate, listen you idiot.....
So it was as if someone took a stick and hit me across the face. I all of a sudden woke up and realized who was on the phone, my head stopped pounding, it was still dark, but I could see now and my sentences almost started to make sense. I probably was not that fun to talk to and I probably was not making good conversation. I will tell you what though, hearing her voice listening to her talk(because I was in no shape to do any talking) that really made me feel so much better. It is strange, down here you go months and months without talking to friends or family. And it surprises me at how just a short conversation on the phone, just a "hey, how are you" can completely change your mood. I know that all day I have thought about that call and how I wish I hadn't gone out last night and drank that one too many beers. I also wish I hadn't been working a crazy day/night shift schedule. I wish these things, because then I could have been awake and in a good mood to have a nice conversation. I hope that one day I can get another call from her, I would like that. A few weeks ago I was in a bad mood, just not feeling happy about being here and I called my mom, just so I could go over some financial things and that quick conversation from my mom put me in a better mood for the rest of the week. It was not a deep conversation, it was about nothing important. It was just hearing her voice and knowing that you have those friends and family back home that when you get off the ice they will always be there, they will be the first ones to meet you and have lunch or have a drink with. Those people are what makes going home worth it, and knowing those people are there, makes being down here easier....
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