Good grief ...

Oh my goodness, what a week it has been. Right now, I'm in the public library in Englewood, using their wifi. That was quite the ordeal. But I'll get to that in a minute.

I'm trying to remember where I left off. Training has been going well. A little boring at times, but at least there hasn't been any homework yet (yeah, thanks, I graduated, remember?). It's a shame that our temporary teams are going to break up soon, everyone wishes that we could stay intact. So, this past week consisted of driver tests (passed), physicals (drug test -- passed, duh; oh, and I'm not pregnant); and some unit time. Yesterday, we went for a hike at Roxboro state park. That was great fun. Last night, I went out around Denver with some girls I've met in my hall/unit, Nikki and Joanna. They're very sweet and funny, I love them. I am meeting a lot of great people, it just took me a day longer than everyone else, I think. The night was fun, but once again reaffirmed my aversion to the bar scene. Oh well. At least I gave it another try. It was quite an adventure getting back home, though. We took the second-to-last train back to Englewood, only to find out that there were no more buses running on our route at that time of night. So we started walking. It's two miles from downtown Englewood to campus. After we got about halfway home, a guy in our group flagged down a bus. Yes, a bus. The bus driver was a sub for the night and he took us the rest of the way up to campus for free. It was unbelievable.

Oh, so this morning was the wildfire baseline test for all who were interested. Nikki, Joanna and I tried out, as well as a few other girls we know and plenty of guys. We had to run a mile, and do as many push ups and sit ups in two minutes. My statistics are as follows: 8 minutes and 37 seconds for the mile, 56 sit ups, 28 push ups. I am by no means the best of the group, but I am also hardly the worst. So I am satisfied. I don't think I've ever actually done under nine minutes for a mile, so that's good. It was actually a really great experience, we were all really encouraging each other. It's a shame that some of us will have to get cut because I know we feel closer just for going through it together.

After we all swarmed the cafeteria for brunch, a bunch of us hopped on a bus and headed into Englewood's downtown (think Lansdale's downtown) to get some internet access. We went to the Mile High Coffee shop first, but eventually more people poured in and none of my webpages were loading (even though AIM was still working). So I crossed the street to the public library. I'm lucky I did it then because I was third in line to sign up for internet access and a library card. It's hardly like at home, but I'll take it. My only concern now is trying to renew my virus protection. I can't seem to do that.

Well, I would continue with the update, but the library is closing soon. Hopefully, I'll be able to get online more frequently than Sunday. I guess we'll see.