They only allowed you to bring up two sets of clothes. Casual wear and fancy wear.
At the end of the year they had a Christmas dinner. People always got so excited about that. But then at the actual dinner it felt sad.
Being up there alone during Christmas made the separation from earth and everyone on it more obvious. Most people would not say much, and everybody would know what each other were thinking about.
It was like how if you wore your casual clothes up in space it would feel too obvious that you were in space. Celebrating this holiday made you it more obvious that you missed people.
Pete would stay up late on the two Christmas nights he had spent up there. Both nights he just thought about people from his life. Wondering what they were up to. He'd vow to himself while staring out the window that he would be different when he returned to earth.
At the end of the year they had a Christmas dinner. People always got so excited about that. But then at the actual dinner it felt sad.
Being up there alone during Christmas made the separation from earth and everyone on it more obvious. Most people would not say much, and everybody would know what each other were thinking about.
It was like how if you wore your casual clothes up in space it would feel too obvious that you were in space. Celebrating this holiday made you it more obvious that you missed people.
Pete would stay up late on the two Christmas nights he had spent up there. Both nights he just thought about people from his life. Wondering what they were up to. He'd vow to himself while staring out the window that he would be different when he returned to earth.