Part 2 of Week One begins here!
Its now Friday afternoon so as i am typing this, i will probably switch between both past and present tense quite i bit - it seems awful considering my mother is very specific about our use of English but i am sure you will all survive!
Monday morning rise and shine was about 6:30 am i think which is something that i am starting to get used to again! I haven't been awake that early in a long time (as im sure mum, dad and Ash can comment on) so the body had a bit of a shock the first couple of days!
I left "home" around 7:50ish and was really panicking as i had to catch the bus into Wellington City itself as we had Orientation Day at Wellington Nannies College starting at 9ish! All i knew about the bus service at this stage was that i would have to catch either the No. 43 or 44, the bus stop was at the end of the street and that there were $5 all day passes available. Little did i realise that the $5 all day passes only applied after 9am (grrrr) so i had to get a normal ticket - $4 EACH WAY! OUCHY OUCHY!
I managed to get off at the right stop on the bus and make my way from Courtenay Place to Wellington Nannies College down Abel Smith Street. Yay for my navigational skills. I thought that i would be really early but there were already a few peps there when i got to the college around 8:50ish and boy, talk about awkwardness and silence! There was an activity we were meant to do but didn't do that until one of the tutors actually came in and realised how quiet it was. Im sure you can imagine a room full of 20-30ish girls, none of us knowing each other and not knowing what to say to each other, being put into a classroom and supposedly getting to know each other - yea, it totally didn't happen but eventually the silence was broken. After the silence had been broken, i found out that i wasn't the only one from HB area - me from Hastings, Leah from Napier and Chrissy from Wairoa.
Orientation day was quite busy and included a city tour, a whole lot of general business/house keeping things about the course which took about two hours, getting to know each other, pizza lunch and a walk or two up and down Cuba Street. We also got given our Communication Booklets and our Weekly Meeting Booklets - with nice pink and green covers.
By the end of Monday afternoon, there was certainly no silence in the classroom and we were all having a ball - the only problem was we were so exhausted, it wasn't funny at all! Course finished about 4:30ish and then i had to find my way back with Leah to Khandallah! It turns out, she is only living about 5-10 mins away from me so we were both greatful to find someone close by!
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