Well the time is here and tomorrow we leave at 8 am for Wickes Arkansas. I am so excited, yet sad I won't be seeing all of these wonderful people daily anymore. This week has been filled with a lot of briefing and spike prep. Wednesday we had off for Veteran's Day so a few of us girls went to Thai Basil, which was I think my first Thai experience. It was pretty good but I could have totally gone for some Olive Garden... MmMmM I miss that. We then went to the down town area for the afternoon to shop for various Christmas presents and such. It was another beautiful day out in Denver.
Today we took our all corps photo and then had Induction. Which was pretty exciting since we are officially done with all the trainings, and get to finally embark on our first project. Some ladies and I just finished the game of "Life" which was very fun but I lost pretty bad. I am getting really good at packing light... since we really don't have a choice. They provide us with a red duffel bag and we get one other bag, plus a bag for in the van with us. I am refraining from bringing any candy and I am already a little nervous to not have an endless supply of sweets like I do now. I am totally known for my eating of numerous bread sticks and cookies at dinner and my WONDERFUL supply of candy that I have started to just give away most of it.
Tomorrow at 7 we have our final room inspections and then at 8 there is a mini send off, then we hit the road. We have a 15 person van along with a 5 person cargo truck. It will be nice to have the truck to ride in to get away a little. We are only allowed to drive 500 max miles a day so we are staying in a Holiday Inn in Salina Kansas tomorrow night and then arriving in Wickes Sunday at about 5 pm we're hoping. Thankfully I love road trips so I have my People and US magazines, my DS, Ipod and words game books... so I am beyond set!!! We are staying in trailers that sleep 3 people comfortably right at our work site. I think the state park is called Casatot or something along those lines. Jim is our supervisor and we have heard nothing but amazing things about him from the staff here on campus. He likes to show us around and have bon fires (which I can't wait for) so I am sure this will be a wonderful experience. I can't wait for the beautiful views and amazing night sky, since the nearest city (which is small) is 45 minutes away. We don't really have a mailing address so stuff should still be mailed here at campus and then they send it out to us once a week. We will probably drive once a week to town to do laundry, shop for food and get the Internet. We were very happy to hear that most all cell phones will work, although I am not bringing my computer so this may be my last blog for a few weeks.
Sorry this is such a random blog, I am wayy tired from the long day of packing and such. I am WAY excited for this project and can't wait to come home for the holidays!!! I am very thankful I get to come home, since some people are staying here due to money. Oh so on spike travel we have to wear our "relaxed" uniform, so our shirt has to be worn but we can wear sweatpants or gym shorts... looks like I will be tucking my t-shirt into my sweatpants!! :-)
Miss you all!!
Love, Nicole
"When I asked for all things, so that I may enjoy life, I was given life, so that I might enjoy all things" I am so grateful for this wonderful experience I am going through right now in life :-)
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