The first deployment

I really never thought i would say these words: im being deployed. But through a series of curious events thats exactly what happened. I am on my first deployment with American Red Cross disaster services. After a long day of traveling i landed in philly at midnight last night and was picked up at the airport by my 3 dear friends melissa, victoria and shirley. Wow. What troopers! I spent a short night in the hotel, then headed out to pick up my rental car. Note for next time- find out who is supposed to give you your confirmation number ahead of time. A short 1.5 hour drive later i was at red cross headquarters in tinton falls, new jersey. There wasnt a lot for me to do today except watch everyone else be busy and the occasional help somebodys grandma make an excel spread sheet. After all the tedious and funny steps of being processed in to HQ, i watched 3 other new arrivals to my section (client casework) go through the same process. About 6 hours after i arrived they told our new little group to pack up and head out to princeton. so here i am, in a killer regency hyatt hotel complete with indian wedding in the lobby and ballroom. (ill enjoy it while i can- next stop will most likely be my own cot in a gymnasium shelter..) Tomorrow we report to our new supervisor at 8 am. Im excited! But im also really curious. So far i have seen zero damage from the hurricane. In fact im thouroughly impressed by princeton, which is not something i thought i would say about a town in new jersey :0) wonder what we will see and do tomorrow?