{"id":15479,"date":"2010-01-09T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T02:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/\/first-few-days\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T03:56:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:56:27","slug":"first-few-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/first-few-days\/","title":{"rendered":"First Few days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got this set up, so I have a bit of catch up to do.<\/p>\n<p>Day One, Jan 4th- Arrive in Wellington New Zealand @ 9am<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>Day two, Jan 5th &#8211; move onto the JR! <br \/>\nBefore moving aboard I found my horoscope in a coffee shop &#8211; it read quite well.<\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;New options and techniques, as well as meeting innovative people <\/em><em>who inspire you with their unique and original insights, are likely now.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Travis, Sandra, Steve and I came early to the ship (9:30) to unpack all our stuff.&nbsp;The JR looks beautiful, clean, bright and shinny, and almost new. There are so many halls and staircases (some that only go up, some that only go down) &#8211; getting around is like a maze, but I&#8217;m proud to say I&#8217;m already finding my way around. My state room is M5-22. The room is in the middle of the ship, meaning less noise and less motion. We then attended a reception and lectures w\/local town officials and had the rest of the day off.&nbsp;I went for a run on the shoreline, and after I stopped at the supermarket and got strawberries, prosciutto, cheese, and a small roll and had myself a little picnic on the beach. Wellington is a pretty cool city!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Day Three &#8211; Getting settled<br \/>\nMeetings start at 8:30 and we got a lot of information. Meals are served on 12s and 6s (really 11-1 and 5-7), cookie breaks are at 9s and 3s.There was a tour &#8211; and all the sudden the boat seemed a lot bigger than it did yesterday. More receptions in town, and off for the night.&nbsp; So a bunch of us&nbsp;walked around&nbsp;Downtown Wellington and ran back for the midnight meal. Lucky for me there were mash potatoes! Yumm!&nbsp;Day two &#8211; and I can already proudly state that I made all 4 meals in a 24 period.<\/p>\n<p>Day Four &#8211; Lab orientation<br \/>\nMore meetings followed by lab orientation. I got to tell you this place is kind of cool. I love the microbioolgy and cheimstry labs.&nbsp;I get my own little corner with a my own microscope, cold room, anaerobic chamber, and everything else a microbiologist needs. I&#8217;m excited to get to work.&nbsp;Gale force winds outside, so I stayed in and went to the gym. I ran on the treadmill and didn&#8217;t fall off!<\/p>\n<p>Day Four &#8211; Last day on Land<br \/>\nMore meetings, I made my some solutions for cell counting. And we had the rest of the day off. I went to the town, bought some last minute things. I bought the book &quot;South&quot; to get myself into the mood. After, I climbed Mt. Victoria to see the harbor from a birds eye view. I made sure to get some Gelato on my way back after my hike. 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