Thursday, November 8, 2012
CCI Graduation tomorrow!
Thursday 11.08.2012
This will be short and sweet tonight. I am tired and Fernando is already snoring ON my feet. We had our written test as well as our public access test. Fernando and I passed both! Per CCI's stringent rules, you have to be able to properly control your service dog in public and be able to command your needs in an effective manner. We will be able to go out in public including restaurants, stores, and sporting events legally.
Tomorrow we have our formal graduation. I have finished my speech to represent my class. I can only hope that I will do justice to our amazing experience over the past two weeks. Yes there was a hurricane and a Nor'easter, but neither of them stopped us from graduating in time! They do give me plenty of material to talk about. Lol. The whole CCI staff has been exceptional. The amount of material they teach to us over just two weeks is still mind boggling!
I also cannot wait to go home to my family. I miss them lots and fortunately they have survived two weeks without me. My own bed has been calling me from Springfield for a few nights now. Lol
My speech must be printed and my body get some rest. Tomorrow is an exciting but busy day! I also get to meet the family that raised Fernando for the first 18 months of his life. It takes a special person to take care of a teach a puppy for the first year and half of its life, only to give it up to improve the life of a disabled person.
I will continue to blog, but not every night. Fernando and I's journey has just begun, so I hope you will us for this fascinating look I to life with a service dog!
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