Day one was a stressful trip. To begin with, the day I flew in from Baltimore, MD, I had to quickly pack and say quick goodbyes before I left my parents and Ian to head to Cincinnati. I ended up arriving at 1 am and went straight to sleep.
When I lied down in the dark, I nearly crapped myself because the closet started shaking. Terrified and defenseless, I leapt from my bed to the light switch and flipped it on. Slowly, I slid open the closet door ready to tackle some psycho when my aunt and uncle's cat, Katie (who is 17 years old, but still a young kit), casually strolled out of it as if she wasn't phased she had been stuck in a closet.
When my heartbeat finally slowed down, I fell fast asleep.
When I lied down in the dark, I nearly crapped myself because the closet started shaking. Terrified and defenseless, I leapt from my bed to the light switch and flipped it on. Slowly, I slid open the closet door ready to tackle some psycho when my aunt and uncle's cat, Katie (who is 17 years old, but still a young kit), casually strolled out of it as if she wasn't phased she had been stuck in a closet.
When my heartbeat finally slowed down, I fell fast asleep.
Now I woke up at 6:40am so I could get down there and figure out where the heck to park and walk around on campus. I had to be there at 8am to set up.
I quickly found that the drivers are pretty aggressive here, which was a new pace I had to get used to, considering I had been driving at a speed of 20 mph behind cyclists for a week straight.
It's also super easy to miss a slight right or left when actually in the heart of the city because a few of the streets go by another name than what's on the map.
When I finally got to campus, I parked in the garage with the name I was told and walked to the Lindner center. Which was right in between the football stadium and the co-rec.
Their campus is cool because just about all of their athletic fields are around each other. It's a very compact and urban campus.
I met with the Men's Soccer athletic trainer who was running the Gatorade camps this year and he was very helpful all week in preparing fluids for the camp. I worked as both a Gatorade rep and a First Responder simultaneously for this first camp.
The Lindner center has 8 floors and elevators and staircases that don't lead all the way up, so essentially I have felt like a rat in a labyrinth all freaking week.
I quickly found that the drivers are pretty aggressive here, which was a new pace I had to get used to, considering I had been driving at a speed of 20 mph behind cyclists for a week straight.
It's also super easy to miss a slight right or left when actually in the heart of the city because a few of the streets go by another name than what's on the map.
When I finally got to campus, I parked in the garage with the name I was told and walked to the Lindner center. Which was right in between the football stadium and the co-rec.
Their campus is cool because just about all of their athletic fields are around each other. It's a very compact and urban campus.
I met with the Men's Soccer athletic trainer who was running the Gatorade camps this year and he was very helpful all week in preparing fluids for the camp. I worked as both a Gatorade rep and a First Responder simultaneously for this first camp.
The Lindner center has 8 floors and elevators and staircases that don't lead all the way up, so essentially I have felt like a rat in a labyrinth all freaking week.