Needless to say, our days are full… to the brim. On any given day, Maple 4 spends at least nine hours together. Nine hours. For the past five months, at least one third of my time has been spent with a group of eight people I just met five months ago. Kind of a short time, considering I had gone to school with 140 of my high school graduating class of 150 since first grade.
I am going to deviate for a second. When we first entered the corps, we took an assessment called the Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment. Theoretically, this “test” is supposed to tell you what kind of person you are so that you have a better idea of how you react to a given situation, leading you to think more about how you interact with your team. I am labeled as an Introverted Judge, meaning I recharge spiritually alone and I like everything to be organized and orderly.
So, spending nine hours a day with a group of people I basically just met and doing a job that changes every day doesn’t exactly sound like fun, right?
WRONG
I love my team. The two to three hours of down time I have before I go to sleep or the free weekends I have are the most boring hours of my life. When I’m not doing something with my team, I am thinking of different PT ideas or things to talk about or fun stuff we could do together. On weekends that we’re not out and about or doing ISPs, my skin crawls, I get cabin fever, I get restless. It doesn’t matter what you call it, I just know that the next time I see a teammate, I am going to have fun.
I love the nature of NCCC work. The rapid changes in jobs keeps me from getting bored. I don’t just paint walls. I scrape, paint, chainsaw, handsaw, dig, chop, pull, shovel, fill, dump, drive, lift, drop, cut, bury, plant, and climb.
“In our world, every storm has an end. Every night brings a new day. What's important is to trust those you love, and never give up. We must never give up hope!”
A priestess from Chrono Trigger tells us that with our team, there is only a brighter tomorrow.
~Phil