July 10th, 2023

Early in the morning on July 10 I landed at JFK airport after my redeye flight. During this flight, I may have gotten three hours of sleep. Once I landed, I had assistance from the plane to baggage claim in order to get my belongings. From there, I was greeted by staff from Guiding Eyes. 

Once I had all of my baggage, we headed to Dunkin so that I could grab breakfast. From there, we headed to campus. Once arriving on campus, I was given a tour of my room and then took a much-needed nap. After my nap, I was able to get ready for the day and then I got lunch. 

After lunch, a couple classmates and I had a tour of campus, so that we knew where everything was. Once the tours were completed, we were given the opportunity to have some free time to unpack and settle in.

Around 4 PM the real festivities began where we were given our leashes, and basic equipment was explained. At this time also we were given the preliminary gender and breed of the dogs we would receive on Wednesday. Before receiving our dogs on Wednesday, we would do a test walk with them the next day along with another Juno walk. 

Once this lecture was completed, we were given more free time before dinner. During dinner, I got to know my classmates more.

After dinner, we did a fire drill to ensure that in the event of an emergency we knew where to go. Shortly after the fire drill, I got ready for bed because I was extremely exhausted after the limited sleep that I had the night before.