“True that. Managed to get here for half a dozen winters already, and I’d be sad to leave for good. Mirka’s hoping to make this her first winter here, so I think we may be here for quite a while yet.”
“I’ve put in for staying the winter, but it looks like I’ll have to wait another year. I’m only a summer scientist, and they seem to give the summer janitors and maintenance people priority for the wintering slots.”
“It’s some stiff competition out there,” said Mytzi. “We’ve been pretty lucky as it is.”
“You’ve been trading off winters for the last several years? I’m jealous.”