RIP Nalgene (along with my heart)

Apparently, Nalgene bottles are NOT indestructible. I put it in the freezer (as I had done many times before), but then it had frozen the water completely.
I was going to bed, but still wanted cold water in the morning, so I transferred to the fridge, which turned into a scientific blunder (Spenny Dickson, care to explain?) of personally sad proportions.

Exhibit:

Look how it chose to break right down the middle of my heart-NZ sticker.
Apt. Heart-wrenching. Eerie.


A somber day indeed, for this is the Nalgene (one of two) that:

- when filled with boiling hot water and thrown to the bottom of my sleeping bag, kept me warm at night.

- quenched thirsts of 8-hour hikes.

- became a portable souvenir for memorable places, as seen by the affixed stickers. The Canterbury museum in Christchurch, the Bungy Jumping place in Queenstown, etc...


I feel like a piece of me is shattered! The ice has melted, but I can't bear to throw the now non-useful pieces of plastic away (This is sooo deep!) .... !!

Send your condolences in the comments. I need them.