DAY 144 ON MONDAYS, I WRITE

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DAY 144 August 18, 2009

ON MONDAYS, I WRITE

What may look like another Star Wars sequel is actually Barbara and I during the altitude chamber test at 10,000 metres!

Here is what I call the sausage position. Have you ever seen the robot in Lost in Space? Well, this is exactly how I feel in that position!

No, this is not a harvest-your-own-honey-from-outer-space kit but our oxygen masks in case of fire on the ISS. No smoking please!

Have I introduced you to my 6th child? He’s still without a name, but don’t you find he has that lovely green Martian complexion?

Well, I haven’t seen the entire collection of bed sheets after all! From far away, I thought this was a novel—and quite surprising―“spermato” line of bed sheets, but a closer look revealed a floral arrangement!

The content of this post is an adaptation of an original text written by Guy Laliberté.

We kicked off the week on a grey note: the clouds and cold weather are back in Moscow, along with another medical exam with various tests. We studied the Life Support System more in depth, including the oxygen mask, signals, extinguishers, emergency evacuation procedures aboard the ISS, and so on.

I had my altitude chamber test at 10,000 metres as well as other medical exams. I didn’t reach the top of Mount Everest, but I did reach my own personal heights!

Like always on Mondays, my evening was quite busy. There’s the Mission Log to update and pictures to choose for the Poetic Social Mission, e-mails received over the weekend to read and answer… so you can see that I don’t get a whole lot of sleep!