Monday, May 4, 2009

Week 3 is Starting - CPO Academy - Class 159

Wow, week 2 went much faster than week 1 and the weekend was a nice recharge, but I never found any time to post here. So here goes.

The assignments are getting done and the work continues. We are moving at a nice cruising speed and becoming a very efficient team. The work doesn't seem so overwhelming any more and we can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Week two started off in civies while we covered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator process. I am an ISFJ. I figured on most of the types and think the description was pretty much on to my personality.

We also covered Facilitative Leadership, some more Wellness information and a writing workshop on award writing. We did the Fit Deck at the gym and another Step Aerobics session during the week. We went over Educational planning and did our first major presentation in the form of a "Chiefs Corner".

At the end of the week we were supposed to go out to Bodega Head and do a walk and mid-course feedback session, but the weather was pretty nasty so we walked on base in the pouring rain, (which I liked) then met in a large classroom to give a plus and a delta on the course. It went well and we were released for the weekend a little early.

The weekend was wet and nasty, and on Saturday I did a mini Adventure Race. I did some exercises at the gym, then ran around 3 miles then another 5 or so miles on the bike. Most of it in a Northern California misty rain. On Sunday, it stopped raining enough to do a good weekly 1.5 mile run. I came out really well. My goal while I am here is to finish in 11:30 and I did this one in 11:33. My halfway point was really good and the finish was pretty good too. I knocked off 11 seconds faster from last week's run and a total of 16 seconds faster from day 2.

This week will be a good one with some more presentations by the other teams and a visit from CG-9. We will also start preparing our Life Learning Essay and our next team presentation on two of our units within our team. My unit (CG-481) was one of the units picked, so I am gathering more information for a good presentation.

Onward to the end.

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