It feels like my plane ride here was a week ago. It was yesterday. I arrived safely and happily, and was met by some wonderful members at the airport. After arriving on campus, in-processing was a lot of paperwork, running back and forth to my room (up a million flights of stairs) and waiting. After getting all of that done, I was able to eat lunch, unpack, and relax. I also got my NCCC uniform yesterday, which sums up to far too many pairs of cargo pants. I had a really nice welcome here and I have been 100% happy and so glad to meet everyone. Everyone so far is really nice and friendly, I love it.
Today was our first training day. Unfortunately, about two hours in, I got a massive migraine and couldn't leave the room to go upstairs and take anything for it, so it had a nice long time to settle in and cause serious pain. We finally got a quick break and I got to take some meds for it, but I was too far into it. So for the next four hours after that, I was fighting to stay focused and conscious. It was a battle, but I won. I'll have to read through my notes and the training materials they gave us again, but I also know the important stuff will be repeated and the uniform stuff we went over is in our handbook. I just have a little homework to do.
We went to a pizza social at the Mississippi River Museum, and the hosts were so nice and really sweet. Everyone was so welcoming. The museum itself was really cool, too. They had a bunch of interactive exhibits which taught me a lot more about rivers and were really cool to see/use. I think I'll go back at least once more, I like museums.
Oh, we also live on the 4th floor, which feels like 6 because the old style building has high ceilings and LOTS of stairs. It's been a day and a half and my thighs/legs are feeling that workout. Not that I'm complaining, I'll be in great shape from climbing those stairs a couple dozen times per day, but wow I definitely feel that workout.
Speaking of workout, tonight we have free time, but I'll be going to bed early. We have our baseline PT test at 6:30am, which means be downstairs at 6:00 and depart in the vans at 6:15. Yuck! Wish me luck!
And sorry for the lack of blogging. There's no wi-fi, so I am in the computer lab- which I really only have time for at the end of the day, and yesterday's excitement was better than sitting by myself writing a blog post :)
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