Hello Everyone!

I'm from Southern California and am getting my first Ball Python later on today or tomorrow. I am very very excited and can't wait! I've been reading up so much on snakes and Ball Pythons specifically that I've had dreams about rats lol.
I'm still not 100% sure on where I'm going feeding wise (live or F/T) so I figure I'm just going to ask what kind the snake has been fed and just take it from there!

I know that when I bring the snake home that I will have to wait a while before trying to handle it and get acquainted with it but I've heard conflicting wait times on that. Some people say wait a couple days while others say 1-2 weeks. If anyone could tell me how long they waited and what their snake's reactions were to them that would be awesome