Deadhorse Update

This is a picture of the view from my window as of a few weeks ago. All that snow has melted now.
It has been forever since I've updated this thing. I've been staying pretty busy and don't have a lot of time to get my blog on. What can I say? Gee...so much has happened since the last time that I wrote. The majority of the snow has melted now, the arctic flowers are blooming. So far this season I have seen three bears, musk ox, caribou, varioius species of birds, ground squirrels. The white fish haven't made there way here yet, but I would like to do some fishing some time.
Time is running together and days are just passing by. It seemed I blinked and it was July. I will spend my 29th birthday in the arctic. It's kind of meaningless to keep time. My inner clock is broken. Between not having any obligations in the real world and it being light 24/7, I have no reason to keep track really. It's kind of comforting, actually.
There are certain things that I used to view as really important that now seem completely meaningless. There are things that I didn't even notice before, that I took for granted, simple things....that I appreciate so much more. For instance, the voices of family and friends. Graceful changing of the seasons. The weather here is kind of an adventure in and of itself. I am an imposter martian working on Mars. I notice every little change. Small things seem much more drastic. It is getting kind of green up here now. It is a nice change from brown, gray, and white. The river is so beautiful to me. If most would come up here and see it, they would probably shrug and say, "It's just a river". But to me it is this massive life force. It's invigorating just to listen to it. It almost makes up for the lack of trees.
I feel like I am changing a lot. I have become kind of privy to this place. Although if I were to try and explain it to you, I would fail miserably. It is something subtle yet profound. Like waves against the rocks making sharp corners soft.

I keep those I love in my thoughts always.
I love and miss you all,
Steph.