Week 3--done! Out of the woods
Saturday was a relatively fun day. We got to wear casual clothes and after a couple of lectures, we had to jump down the slide so we would know what to expect during an emergency evacuation. I found this kind of terrifying, I'm not the biggest fan of heights and going downhill, so there you go. Here I am pictured above paralyzed with fear.
Next we changed clothes and got bused over to ASU's campus for a life raft exercise in the pool.
I thought this would be really fun, but it was 60 degrees outside and we ALL crammed on the same raft shivering and complaining. ha ha ha.... (me far left and then far right)
I was so much looking forward to our day off that I didn't even care about freezing in the water. One of my best friends from undergrad lives in Yuma, AZ right now and she drove up to visit me!! We went out in a big group for another trainees' birthday and then danced all night like we were 22. It was a great way to blow off some steam.
The next day we headed over the Phoenix's Desert Botanical Gardens
I finally got to see something nice in Arizona!
Of course there were plenty of cacti, which was cool
But they had this great butterfly house too
On the way there, a little out of order, but look how cool this looks!! I felt like I was in a Wiley Coyote/ Road runner cartoon the whole time. WOW! It really looks like this out here.
I learned about Seguara Cacti. I like these now.
Yea for my friend Michele!
cool plant sculpture
two cacti, two friends
I really loved whatever birds these were...
So I finally got to enjoy some local sights and nature in this god-forsaken city. It was a super great day. Then I went back to the hotel to cram for our last test!
Me with my friend Natalie in our first day of uniforms!
Everyone was excited about wearing uniforms so we took 100s of photos yesterday
Gina and I happened to pick the same combo.
Today's combo!
My friend, Brian picked the guy version of this combo today, so here we are.
**In other news I found out that my base assignment is going to be Charlotte!!! I JUST, just eeked by with enough seniority to get my first choice. Even though I got my choice of bases, a lot of my friends are going to be in Philadelphia. That combined with the all-too-real realization that I was going to have to think about setting up yet another life in Charlotte was overwhelming. I cried.
Today I was a bit more stable. We got our assignments for our practice run that we have to do to graduate. I will fly out to Philadelphia on the 17th (St. Patty's Day party in my hotel room!!!) Then from there to Fort Lauderdale and back and then back to Phoenix on the 18th... then our big graduation on the 19th! I'm so lucky too-- I get to go with my friend Natalie (pictured above). She has been a flight attendant before, so she knows a lot of what to do and she is also really, really cool, so hooray!
Now that we've all got through the last of the tests, no one is in danger of being kicked out any more. It is a great feeling... just one more week of training! Wow
