FIRST DAY IN INDIANAPOLIS (PRE-TRAINING)

Today was a long day. It begun with a late wake-up call, ha-ha. With catching a nine-o-clock flight from IAH to ORD then ORD to IND around 3pm local time. The trip from IAH to ORD was amazingly pleasant, the group of us traveling for training all got upgraded to First Class, and it was a terrific experience. When we arrived in ORD we "toured" the airport trying to locate our gate and finally boarded around 1pm, with a short more cramped flight to IND. After arriving in Indy we waited in the blistering cold for about an hour for our shuttle to arrive which we were told would be there "any minute."  We all check into the hotel and find out that we proceed to uniform sizing and fitting, which thinking the amount of money you pay for your uniform that there would be a actual person measuring each person one by one for a "custom" fit. Unfortunately I was incorrect. It was like a match up clothes warehouse. There were several different sizes of Blazers, Pants, Shirts, Belts, & Ties and Coats to try on to see what size fit you best. After finding the size yourself you fill out your paperwork detailing the specific size of each item needed and payment information, I choose deductions from my paycheck over a 12 month period which seemed to be the most popular choice. I also found out that my luggage was not acceptable due to the fact that the "Kenneth Cole Logo" found on the zippers and front of the bag as well as the non-black wheels were a no go. So I would suggest either purchase the luggage from the company which will set you back about $150 for the Roller-board and RON bag. Next we met some of the other people here at the hotel and decided to take a trip to go eat and purchase some supplies for the upcoming week. We arrive back at the hotel after out outing around 930 and through-out the hotel there are small study groups of everyone studying.  My group which went over our boarding announcement for the test the next day seemed to do great. After all the excitement from the day we finally decided to call it a night around 11:00pm. Tomorrow morning I got on the early shuttle at 6:45 so I WILL be waking up around 5AM. More to come tomorrow.