Freedom!

Monday morning, my other quarantined friend found out that she was free even though it had not yet been 10 days. I had to see the doctor who comes to campus for us before I was allowed out. The doctor said she didn't think I had any kind of flu, swine or otherwise. She even checked my lung function, and it was fine. So basically, I was quarantined for a cold. Oh well. The rest of my unit was starting their baseline tests right as I was going in to see the doctor, so I guess I'll have to make that up at some point.

That pretty much brings us to today, Tuesday. 8am-noon, we had Safety Training. It started outside in the cold with a game that was a metaphor for how our projects would be. We were in a circle, and Kevin, the safety guy, handed out a bunch of random stuffed animals and balls. We had to throw them to people, and if we drop one, we're out. The most important was the Safety Pheasant, which you can imagine was a ridiculous stuffed...something. The Safety Pheasant was never to touch the ground. No matter how many balls you have in the air, safety is always first. Get it? Yep, love those metaphorical games.

Next was hours and hours of safety training which could easily have been gone over in about 10 minutes. "Don't be stupid" is the main gist of all these hours. Although, from some of the pictures he showed, I will now always be paranoid of a nail gun being shot through my hand or getting bitten by one of those pesky brown recluse spiders that like to hide in dark places like OUR BEDS where some of our project housing might be. I don't know how I'll ever sleep again. Thanks Kevin!

After lunch, our schedule said 1:30-5:00 Tool Safety Training. Wouldn't you think this would be for things like chain saws, drills, routers, etc.? Nope, it was for things like shovels, pick axes, and rakes. Good thing it only actually took 45 minutes.

Up for tomorrow: Media training and our first Physical Training session. It is snowing right now and is supposed to continue all night, then a high of like 33 degrees tomorrow, so PT should be interesting. Interesting and super fun for those of us who are still a little sick and can't take deep breaths without coughing.