Security!

Day one of uniform wearing means that it's really getting close to becoming very real! Now we have to go through some pretty serious screening before getting to work and getting on site. We were picked up about an hour earlier this morning to allow time for the extra screening -- for instance, our accreditation was checked 3 times within 100m and then the vehicle we were in is stopped inside a tent and checked over by a bunch of RCMP (some single...don't worry, I'm checking!!!). From there, we can drive on site and park outside our workforce tent where we go inside to have our accreditation barcode scanned and go through an airport-like security treatment. Phewph! And that's just to get to work!

It didn't take us nearly as long as we thought so we headed into the workforce dining tent area to have a coffee and sit around until 8:30am. Cue the RCMP coming in for breakfast! HELLO! That was cool...oh, but before that happened, Chef Michael Smith came out to see the breakfast buffet and have a little to eat himself! My heart was POUNDING...it was cool! I tried to get up and just meet him and tell him I love his show, but the timing wasn't quite right...my staring at him was probably enough! Some of the police were trying to sneak a picture of him too! He's huge and totally normal. In all seriousness, his fanny-pack (yes, fanny-pack!) would seriously be at my shoulder height! Ha! Lunch was really good too and will be the highlight of my days this week!

Back to the RCMP...there are some good looking specimens I tell you (and from right across this beautiful country!)! And we have one constable on the lookout for my roomie and I -- I have his number so a group of us can meet up for a ski day!! Woo! More on that when it happens! ;)