Hello all,
I won’t start with an apology for my lack of posting (only
because I always do, not because I shouldn’t). So, let’s jump right into it shall we.
Obviously I’ve been back in Denver for quite some time now
(about 3 weeks almost). My road
trip was a ton of fun and, despite some rain, sleeping in the car, and a few
rough accommodations, Erick and I had a great time driving almost completely
across the country. We listened to
good music, explored cool places, and ate AMAZING food.
If I had to pick a place to say was our favorite, Memphis
would have to be it. We loved
being able to walk around the street with our drinks, listening to music
flowing out from inside everywhere.
We saw Graceland, checked out the Lorraine motel, and stood in the spot
where Elvis recorded his first song (yes, the exact spot!). And the food was the best part. We had classic Memphis dry rub at the Rendezvous
Restaurant and by far the best fried chicken and biscuits I’ve ever had at a
place called Uncle Lou’s fried chicken near Graceland. Both were found on the food network
website and I’m so glad we checked them out.
Getting back to Denver was really exciting, though I can’t
say TLT has been super thrilling.
It’s a lot of sitting in the classroom and watching Power Points, which
of course we all need to do to get brought up to speed. Still, we’ve had lots of time for
bonding and such and I’m really looking forward to this year (even if I am
nervous every other minute). Some
of the trainings are more interesting than others, but we press on.
It’s one more week and a long weekend until the Corps
Members come and CTI starts. I can’t
believe TLT went by so quickly. I’m
looking forward to finally being thrown into the work we will actually be doing
for the rest of the year. The
project docket comes out on Wednesday and the lottery is Thursday…talk about
soon. I’ll need to keep mu project
secret from the CMs so don’t expect it to be posted up here (or anywhere) until
I get my permanent team in a few weeks.
I think that’s all of an update I’ll do for now. It’s one big push of getting read for
CMs and making sure all of our ducks are in a row before everything scatters
and we start from scratch again.
Exciting.
Stay tuned (maybe photos soon?),
Christine