Reuniting with Cadremates

As I came to Orlando, Florida I was super excited to relax and get rejuvenated with new ideas for work and I could not wait to see my cadremates all together again! I flew on the same flight as Marie so it was super exciting to get catch up with her and have some company of the flight. We flew on Southwest, an airline with a laid back staff. The two flight attendants were very friendly and helpful and made the flight go by very quickly. I was even a flight attendant in training! They let me pass out honey roasted peanuts to the passengers (I thought that was cool because I am a people person) and they also hooked me up with drinks.

On Tuesday, I went to Discovery Cove and swam with the dolphins with both Marie and Heather. Swimming with the dolphins was such an exciting event and something that I have wanted to do since I was a kid. They are very serene animals and really seemed to love human interaction. While at Discovery Cove I got to swim with the rays and fish in on a coral reef. What an amazing, serene, and safe environment to be in with these animals. Discovery Cove was an all inclusive package deal which included all you could eat food, snacks, and drinks, as well as the necessary equipment needed to enjoy the park. We even got a 7 day Sea World Pass included in the deal!

Wednesday night was the night we got to all meet up again. I can not tell you enough how crazy it is that we have gone so long with not seeing these people, yet I feel like I have grown closer to them with the OMET experience. For the second face to face meeting, I feel that we are all much more comfrotable with each other. We can truly joke with each other and we understand each others like we've known each other for years.

Looking at te first half of OMET, I really believe that this is the right program for me. I have truly learned so much more about myself and have grown a lot as a person and as a teacher. I love the fact that our program is a noncompetive team-building one. I can honestly say that each person within OMET is an asset to me and I hope that I am an asset to them. What I really mean is that each person truly cares and knows about each other. Each relationship has truly developed into a familial bond as if we were each brothers and sisters. I know that over the course of the next two semesters this bond will even grow stronger.