October 10th

My first day janitoring. We worked the morning being taught how to clean a dorm and the afternoon touring campus and cleaning a few building that people work in. The temperature today was -29C (-20F). We walked around outside for a bit and it was much colder than the brief walks from building to building or from plane to van.

I saw funny looking fish in an aquarium in the main science building. The fish apparently have white blood. Met lots of folks with great stories. One of my supervisors has been to 54 countries, another is a traveling nurse, another owned and operated a backpacking guiding company. One of my fellow janitors has been to all seven continents in the last year, another owns a dude ranch outside yellowstone. Lots of great stories, more than I can remember really.

The resident physical therapist/yoga instructor gave us an hour long course in proper stretching techniques, we have a scheduled 15 minutes of stretch time each day.

The evening ended with janitor-sponsored Bingo at the local bar. We decorated the bar with toilet paper and rubber gloves. High-end, 2-ply toilet paper was among prizes distributed.

All-in-all I would say the first full day has flown by. It's already 30 minutes past my pre-set bedtime and I haven't even started on my Spanish lesson yet. All is well.