Day Three - The Real "Day One"

It is 3:15 in the morning as I write this post. I tried to go to bed, but my mind was too restless. Monday, July 23rd was an eventful day with lots packed into it. From the day I learned that recording my reflections is going to be important. The second cohort had provided that advice at the dinner on Sunday night, but now I understand the immediacy of this activity.

As you can see, I wrote two earlier blog entries this night. I wanted to find a better starting point for this narrative exercise and I want to have this blog created for tomorrow as a demonstration.

Today has been a fantastic day of discovery. The morning began with introductions from the course leaders. I found them to be smart and accommodating. It is obvious that they are still working out working together, but they are collegial and very supportive of each other. We spent time until lunch introducing ourselves. This cohort is comprised of hard working, intelligent creative people. I was struck by each person's individual commitment to lifelong learning and the obvious passion for learning and libraries.

Many of us had lunch together and I had a wonderful Japanese bento box. As I avoided the rice and crossed my carb-counting fingers, we started talking about our impressions from the morning. It seemed that many of us had the same concerns. We want to work together to ensure that our class of 15 stays together unlike cohort 2 which has seen its ranks thinned from 14 to 9 during the first year of the two year course.