Reality Sets In

Hellllo everyone,

I am now the proud mother duck of 10 lovely foster corps member ducklings. The last couple days have been a trip. The campus has been in complete chaos as we tried to get last minute prep done for our CMs to arrive. We somehow pulled it together (for the most part) after a looooong day of work on Thursday.

Friday morning we were up early getting our vans safety checked and the dorms outfitted with all the necessary move-in preparations. I was a van driver and spent my day travelling to and from the airport with fellow TL Sanjoy. We would drive out to a furniture store near called Miskellys and wait for "the call up" to pick up a group of CMs from the airport. It was the best staging area ever- with a basketball court, a "theater," a cafe and a carousel! After we picked up the excited new corps members, we shuttled them home, gave them announcements and tried to facilitate some friendships. My last shuttle trip rolled into campus around 7pm and we rushed people off to dinner.

After dinner we had an extremely motivational all corps meeting lead by out Unit Leaders, and I got a MUCH NEEDED boost of energy before we ran a fire drill. Then I had my first ever team meeting with my temporary team. It felt good to finally have a team in front of me.

The corps member day ended somewhere around 9:30. Team Leaders were still on duty, walking the dorms, cleaning up and tying up loose ends. I realized after midnight that I was still in my uniform.

Today was even more intense. We had a full day of in-processing stations with our teams, and in true NCCC fashion, Flexibility was the word of the day. My day started off rough, but ended awesome!

I am warn out, but I am looking forward to this year. I am finally a real team leader. Off to my rounds.