Here is a post a wrote about my first day:
It is my first full day here in Vicksburg. The weather here is not too bad, but then again, we have mostly been inside all day and we have not done anything that requires much energy. Last night I arrived at 8 PM, which was after most people got to campus, and ate dinner and got a blanket and went to bed. I am living in Johnson Hall which is a pretty sweet deal, but sleeping last night was hard because I wasn't very tired and I was a bit scared I would fall off the bed since I'm on the top of a bunk bed that has no ladder and no railings whatsoever. But I made it through the night.
Today we are doing in-processing, which basically means that you get immunuzations (reguardless if you need them or not) and get your uniform and sleeping bag, and also going over policies and procedures. I have met a lot of people so far. I live with two roommates, and they are super. Corps members are placed in one of three units: Summit, Ocean or Bayou. I have been placed in Ocean on a temporary team called Ocean 1. There is a lot of diversity here, which is great, but I have been having trouble finding crazy people that are just like me here, which it was so easy to find at Camp. We have not yet had a chance to explore Vicksburg, so that is something I am looking forward to.
Okay now for an update for the whole week:
This week has been pretty great! The stairs are killing me though! 3 flights of stairs just to get to my room. Some exciting things I experienced this week: Seeing FIREFLIES for the first time. So cool. Driving around Vicksburg. Getting to be crazy up on stage doing skits. Learning that there is going to be an AmeriChoir. (SO EXCITED). Swimming in the pool, and playing card games with fellow Corps Members. I have met soooo many people, I am rather proud of myself for remembering people's names.
We are officially done with in-processing. YAY! And we just got our last member of Ocean 1 yesterday. There are 8 girls and 2 guys on Ocean 1. This week is part of CTI - Corps Training Institute. We are taking classes in Professionalism, Procedures and Policies, Appropriate Language, how our Health Plan works, the History of AmeriCorps and so on. We have not yet had a PT (Physical Training), but tomorrow we are waking up at 5:15 and heading out to the Military Park and doing our Baseline. Baseline is when you test how many push-ups and sit-ups you and do in a minute, and then you run a mile and a half and record your time. This is to see your personal growth throughout the year of service, because we will continue to do these throughout the year.
Tomorrow is Friday, so basically the last day of the week that we have classes. My team will be heading off to Walmart tomorrow to buy groceries because we will no longer have catering. That means we will be responsible to sticking to a budget and cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, which I'm a champ at. Now that I've found internet I might be posting more, but who knows! Things change A LOT here. aka the schedule changes, and you just have to adapt to the new plan.
That's all for tonight folks! I'll try and post pictures next time!
My Temporary Team! OCEAN 1!!!
"He who does nothing for others does nothing for himself"--Goethe
"He who does nothing for others does nothing for himself"--Goethe
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