Who in their right mind would put 44 complete strangers on a charter bus and tell them to travel across the state? Well...someone did just that and created a family. The Bus 5 family as we call it. Everyone came from literally all over the state, different colleges, different families. The funny thing is that it took this trip for some of us to realize we live ten minutes away from each other. In just six short days, all 500 of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows traveled from the middle of the state, to the coast, to the mountains, and then back home in 11 different buses. We visited schools, ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the students and teachers, and some of us even found potential job locations. Every day, each bus had a chance to do something 'fun.' On day one, my bus 5 family and I traveled to a Waterfowl Park. Yes, we ran with the birds. Later that evening, every person possible piled into the nearest Krispy Kreme where we consumed and unnatural amount of doughnuts and burned off the calories with a flash mob in the parking lot. We even went to a wellness center. I wonder how awkward the sweaty individuals felt about having a bunch of college students walking around in business attire watching them....
This was by far one of the best weeks and I could not have asked for a better experience. We truly did become a family and miss each other so much. I'm already counting down the days until we are reunited. Not only did we all have a chance to bond with our bus families, but many of us had a chance to get to know other fellows really well. We will always and forever be known as LIVE LIVE! FIVE FIVE! and I am forever grateful.
I see you, 5!
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