I got my buss pass from the Jubilee center which is just connected to the city hall building. it's right around the corner of the main bus loop there.
I got on the shuttle to the Syncrude work site, told the driver I was a student and was getting my papers out, but she just told me to just write "student" where it asked for employee Id's on this clipboard and away we were. I would have had pictures of the bus ride and site, but the second I turned on my camera after I got on the bus the batteries died.
We were dropped off right in front of the Frank Spragins Building, aka building 41B. After getting a visitors pass from the receptionist. we walked just a short while, through some double doors, then to the assessment office on the right hand side. If you're doing a coop, you can just follow the red signs with a red cross and arrow pointing in the right direction, but walk just past the red cross sign saying Health Services to the door with the blue cross sign that if I can recall correctly says Health surveillance.
the whole process took about 45 minutes or so. we had to fill out some forms, and perform some very simple tests. Since my appointment was at 12:30, right when the staff come back from lunch, I was pretty much ready to go when I arrived. It might take longer if the tests and paperwork is taking longer to do with earlier appointments.
I took the shuttle back. picked up some things that were needed around the apartment, and pretty much sat around for a while, had leftovers since when I make dinner I make enough for two. then went to sleep really early, because I was SO bored with nothing to do but watch TV.
Day three was alright, I still had just a few more things to get, so I bussed downtown and picked up a few things. I returned and found out I that my computer had been delivered that day, but I wasn't there, so I had to pick it up at the post office. I looked around my house and realized I had forgotten to pick up a few really essential things, so I once again headed out and got more stuff from the store.
Day 4 was lots of exhausting fun. I sat around waiting till about 1pm, when the little delivery notice said my package will be ready for pickup, called a cab, and got my computer.
Alas, my computer didn't make it untouched. My monitor made it perfectly fine, but the heatsink and fan for my CPU had snapped off. luckily my motherboard, and other circuits were not damaged much by the heatsink probably rattling around the computer. I looked up a place in the phone book, called them up. then bused down and bought a new one for 21 bucks. Nothing fancy, just a simple heatsink and fan. I got home, and pretty much had to take my computer completely apart since I had to take out the motherboard so I could place a mounting bracket on the back of it. This whole ordeal took about 5 hours to do. I was so relieved nothing else on my computer was broken.
I then ended up playing 6 hours of Left 4 Dead 2 with some friends back home. I had worries about the "simple" internet connection that Syncrude had told us we had, but the connection is great. Also "simple" cable TV is pretty comprehensive, 70 so channels, a respectful amount. They even have Global BC channel, and that channel that shows the view from a camera in the lobby.
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