On the last day I could possibly retrieve it from them mailbox, my training material finally arrived in the mail! I can't really articulate the excitement I felt when I reached into the (often disappointingly empty or bill-filled) mailbox to find a folded padded envelope--the shape of a bundle of CDs clearly discernable. I rushed upstairs and tore the envelope open just to confirm that it was indeed my material (and not some other random package for my fiancé), and my hopes were confirmed when I felt some Braille indicating that I was holding "disk 1".
For those of you who don't know what the training material is used for, it's essentially the class lecture material that will compliment my in-class training when I'm at GDB. The topics covered are things like: preparing your house for a guide dog, interacting with your guide dog, feeding/watering the dog, clicker training, dealing with rounded curbs, etc. I haven't actually started reading any of the material yet, but from what I've heard, a lot of it is self-explanatory. Some of it, however, is more GDB and guide specific (like dealing with rounded curbs, getting in and out of vehicles, and clicker training). I'll update again when something noteworthy comes up. In the meantime, the count-down continues: 47 days left!
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