Wednesday, June 29, 2011

WEEK 3 - Edie Foley - MWR

Edie Foley
June 22, 2011 - Wednesday
MWR
Today I came in at 7 like always but didn’t have any command PT or INDOC so I was able to take time to set up work out stations for the Stroller Rollers classes that I instruct. The moms really seem to like the stations after the walk because they work out different parts of their muscles in one hour so they are not as exhausted working one muscle the whole time. After my 2 classes at 8 and 9:15 Nancy, my boss, took me to the other part of the Navy base in the “officers housing” because there are some mothers looking to have a Roller Strollers class at that end of the base instead of them driving 5 mins up the road to join the Weapons station class. She had shown me good walking routes along with the fitness center on that base. The rest of the day until 3:30pm was spent learning more about the “officers housing” base and the tour so I can start classes on that end someday.

Edie Foley
June 23, 2011 – Thursday
MWR
Today my hours were very mixed up because I had another mandatory staff class to attend on the Air Force Base. The class was 9-12 (went as my work shift) about Equal Opportunity. I was the only civilian in this class, and all the rest of the military newbie’s had their camis on, so I was a little uncomfortable being in a room of 20 and me being the only civilian. They were very nice and welcoming so by the end of the class I got to know the majority of them. I really liked this class even though it was 4 hours because it was hands on teaching. When this class ended I didn’t have to be back at work until 3:30pm-9pm. This work night consisted of supervising/taking notes and attending 2 fitness classes which I love doing because I learn a lot from them from health to fitness. The last hour 1/2, I worked in the fitness gym signing people in and learning more about how to close the gym at night. There are a lot of responsibilities so there is always something to do or clean when I’m there. It isn’t my favorite job but it’s something that has to be done with any job.

Edie Foley
June 24, 2011 – Friday
MWR
I came in at 7am, but got permission to leave at 8 because I got a parking ticket on Folly Beach and had to go take care of it at a certain time. I came back to work at 12:00 which is when I started working on paperwork for the new fitness classes I’m going to be starting in July. I also was able to work on some exercises for Stroller Rollers that I instruct now because I’m always trying to better the class. What I have learned is that as long as you ask the mothers what they’d like to see, and you incorporate that in the class somehow, they will love you no matter how much you make them sweat. I really love working this class because I am able to work with people and do the workouts with them which seems to motivate them even more than when I didn’t. The fitness classes are my favorite so far and I am already looking at Personal Training Certifications to get so that I can start working with people one on one.

Edie Foley
June 27, 2011 – Monday
MWR
Command PT at 7am today was cancelled because the commander is out of town along with the majority of the unit. Riley and I had the obstacle set up but we got the information a little late so he ended up using it for another client he had and I went ahead and worked on getting the stations ready for the Stroller Rollers classes after our walk. They really loved today’s stations because they were in pain as they were working out which indicated exercise gain. I found some fitness magazines in the gym and has permission to take them and I used most of the station workouts from the ones I found in the magazine. They said today was one of the best days so this really made me feel accomplished today already. When I got done in the room at 11:30, I took my lunch break then headed to the fitness gym and worked with the employees at front desk with all their tasks until about 1:30pm. From then on until 3:30 when I got off work, I had to work on more fitness class descriptions for the July schedule, as well as getting station workout booklets set up for when classes started. There is most definitely always something to do around the bases here.

Edie Foley
June 28, 2011 – Tuesday
MWR
Today I worked the INDOC from 7-9am which was once again another great experience. The trainer, myself, and another assistant used chalk for their “fun fitness PT morning” instead of steps and risers for an exercise they were doing. The risers and steps were used for marking a certain part of the court so instead we saved the trouble by getting chalk and marking it that way. This saved a lot of time and the different colors were able to make “teams” so that everyone could cheer on their team color. It was also a challenge too because it made the destination harder to see.
After this, the rest of the day was spent measuring trails around base because I am starting a walk/job trailing class the beginning of July. I was able to get the right measurements I needed but there are many made trails around base so it took me a long time to be able to get familiar with them along with the roads that another class will be walking through. I just don’t like the thought that alligators live here in Charleston.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Week 6-Daron Morris: The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

Sunday- I arrived at the golf course at 6:30 am. I quickly began to wash and line up carts in front of the pro-shop. wIth the weekends being our busiest times I have to make sure I get to the course early enough to get everything ready before 7 am. Once 7 o' clock rolle around I begin to let players out on the course to play. This sunday was like any other Sunday, we didnt have any special events or tournaments going on so we just had our normal everyday play going on.
Monday- I arrived at the course aroung 1:30, my shift starts at 2 pm. I arrive a few minutes early to make sure everything is running smoothly. Then once my shift starts I know everything is good to go. Monday was a slow day for The Pines. With it being slower than noraml i was able to plan more of my special project.
Tuesday- I arrived at the course around 1:45; my shift starts at 2 pm. business was a lot better today. Our Tuesday night scramble really helps bring players out to the course. So up until the scramble we had several players out. I had selected teams and was ready to annouce the teams when all of a sudden a storm came. We tried to wait to see if the storm would pass, but it never did so i ended up having to cancel the scramble.
Wednesday- I arrived at the course just before 12 pm; my shift began at 12, so i arrived with just enough time to get cought up with what was going on today. We had just a normal day of play. Wednesday was another day where i had a little time to work on my special project more.
Thursday- I arrived at the course around 11:30 to eat lunch at Mulligan's Resturant. If there is anyone who wants a nice relxing sit down place to eat with great food, you should come out to Mulligans Resturant, located behind the proshop at The Pines. On Thursday my shift began at 12 pm; we were pretty busy throughout the day. The closer we get to the weekend the more players we strat to have.
Overall week 6 was another great internship experience. I am almost ready to start my project. I cant wait to finish it and see how much it will benefit the golf course.

Week 6 - William Gates - Cycling/HWC

Cycling Week 6

Week 6 at the Cycling internship involved learning about the credit card process and how Cycling relates financial information to the Athletics Department. There are many emails and phone calls between the cycling offices and the Athletics Department because there are often times forms of miscommunication with papers that are sometimes lost. I think that it is something that is rather regular because there are filing and receipt questions. Often times, Coach Grigsby has had to search for random receipts because Beth from Athletics has called him to ask for a receipt from the past season and the expenses.

I have continued my quest for finishing my video projects, along with contacting potential recruits. It is a good couple projects to keep me going. It's a great atmosphere to be around and I love the inviting feel of the offices and how welcome I have been to work with the team.

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HWC Week 6

Week 6 of the internship at the wellness center involved sending out more sponsorship letters and letters requesting donations from companies. We have received a few responses back from companies, but nothing major yet. One of the issues that we have been dealing with is the scale for measuring weight because it seems to be rather inaccurate at times, so it gives us a hard time when trying to get accurate measurements. However, during week three of the program, we lost over 80 pounds as a group. There were two people who dropped out of the program, so we are down to 34 participants from 36 participants.

It was also the second full week of the Couch-2-5K program and it was pretty successful despite the weather, which was horrific, since it was the Saturday that had a crazy lightning storm. We were unable to do a workout outside, so I held a core workout for the group instead.

It was a mental challenge when I received the news that people were dropping out. In a way I took it personally, but had to realize that it was not personal towards me, they just could not commit and decided to drop out for their own reasons. We are down about 250 pounds going into the fourth week.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Zach Prichard-Week 5-Graceland Baptist Church

This week was pretty simple, no games this week cause the season is over so I only had to prepare the fields for practices. The fields are in better shape now that we had some rain, so getting them ready for practices is pretty easy and not hard at all. I started working on the equipment room again this week and that wasnt fun at all. I folded and organized probably 500 T-shirts and I never want to fold anything again. We also put on an awards ceremony for the little league year, and we had a guest speaker from University of Louisville come, he is the assistant strength and conditioning coach for their Olympic Program. Then we also had Buddy the Bat from the Louisville Bats come, and that was really cool to see the kids get all excited about him showing up. That was the end of the week, and next week we are going to work more on the equipment room, and start passing out flyers for the equipment exchange program. Im pretty excited about that, I am interested in seeing how many people show up and bring stuff for it. So that was really all that went on this week, not too busy. See ya next week!

Week 4 - Shane Perkey - Camp Kentahten

Considering we started session 2 today, it's evident with a new group of kids that I didn't just get lucky with the first group. My experience coaching is paying off and I keep hearing from Program Staff that my patience is great. I was paired with my co-counselor for session 2 because nobody else wanted to be paired with him. I feel bad for him, and who is to say that just because he is 25 that he doesn't deserve to learn and get better at what he's doing? He slipped up a little bit today when he told the kids they were "already messing up" because they were closing the door when they weren't supposed to. I asked him how many times he asked them, and he said it was the 3rd time. I can understand his frustration, but explained to him that if it isn't working, then he should re-route his approach. I told him that asking me to reiterate something to them can show support for one another and give him more credibility from their eyes. Especially if they aren't listening to them.... or if they aren't listening to me - then vice versa and back me up. That can work well and show that the rule is all-around and not just for that single counselor. Also, explaining why the rules are in place can let the kids understand why they aren't supposed to do something. Just telling them not to do something is going to make them focus on what they aren't supposed to do rather than what they should do. It's almost trickery with kids, but it's more like reaching them with a different tactic. You can communicate with ANYONE, you just have to find the right medium. Motivation is the same way. Therefore, I think coaching/teaching has taught me a lot about management of others. It's also really important to be fair to them, show them respect, don't intimidate unless needed (and only after you've earned THEIR respect), and dumb-down to make them feel like it's ok to make mistakes.... and then push them to do better the next time. Until dinner today, I thought that this session was going to be horrible. It was like each kid was a scattered dot on a piece of paper, but by the time they went to bed, they are in a wide line and a little more organized as a group. Me and Sparrow's group are predominantly from Rochester, NY. They have a lot of attitude and are used to being aggressive to achieve notoriety from their peers or to get what they want. They have softened up a lot in the 5 or 6 hours they've been here and the next 9 days are looking much better.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Week 5- Daron Morris: The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

Week 5- I cant believe im already half way through my internship. It has went by so fast! I really have enjoyed my time here at The Pines, and have already learned more than i thought i would. Running a business is no joke and especially a golf business. It is hard at times to make everyday a successful day with the economy being the way it is right now. I have always read and studied about how to be effective and efficient, but i can tell you from experience it is harder than it sounds. It is still possible though.
On monday of week 5 I came in at 12 pm and began to work my normal work day. Since mondays are our slow days James and I take advantage of our spare time by preparing more ideas for my course project. James then leaves me to managing the course by myself around 3 o'clock. I enjoy having the responsibility of managing the course by myself.
On Tuesday I again came in at 12 and start checking in players and taking care of proshop sales throughout the day. Around 5 o' clockI start having players comeing in to sign up for our tuesday night scramble. This past tuesday we had an average turnout of 12 players. We were a few players short from last week but it was still a fun experience. After they finish, I add up the scores and announce the winners.
Wednesday was a slow day, we had rain pretty much all day long. But it wasnt too bad. I had more time to work on my project.
Thursday- Off Day
Friday was another busy afternoon.We had a lot of players come out friday afternoon. It wasnt any surprize to me though. Friday afternoons on into the weekends are always busy. which is great for the golf course. There is not a whole lot of work that I have to do get done on fridays, I just have to make sure everything is running smoothly.
Saturday morning came early, again I arrived at work at 6:15 am. Me and Alex began to get the carts washed and lined up. Then from there on my job is to again make sure everything runs smoothly. When I say everything i mean everything. These are things like, CLeaning bathrooms, cleaning carts, sales in the proshop, cooking food, taking membership applications, and also signing players in on the tee sheet.
Week 5 was another great week out at The Pines.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

WEEK 2 - Edie Foley - MWR

Edie Foley
June 15, 2011-Wednesday
MWR

Today I worked from 7am-3:30pm, the same everyday but Thursdays. Since one of the Fitness Instructors just had a baby, I’ve taken her place to instruct until she returns in August. The class I instruct, Stroller Rollers, have 2 different classes between 8-10:15am. We first start out walking for 2.5 miles, and then I have stations in the fitness room for them to do and rotate every 2 minutes. They really seem to like the stations because I make sure each one works a different part of their body. I had the trainer, Riley, go over my schedule for them & learned pregnant women have to avoid being on their back (which I didn’t think about but made sense once he explained it.) So I had to go back and change some workouts in the stations. The rest of the day I had to write an article for the military base newspaper about myself and what I do on base. My office has no windows and extremely cold as well as being in a part of the building where I hardly see any people, so it’s hard to stay focused because I’m not use to being isolated from people. Once I got off work, I was thrilled to be outside again in the nice heat!

Edie Foley
June 16, 2011 – Thursday
MWR

Today I usually work from 12:30-9:00pm but I had to go in from 7:30-4:00pm because my boss gave me a tour of Short Stay. Short Stay is only for military personnel so you have to have a military I.D. to gain access. It is a small peninsula that has a private beach to the lake along with recreational rentals such as; jet skis, sail boats, pontoons, kayaks, etc. It is mainly a camp ground that has small cabins, tent set up areas, and RV hook ups. It’s also where my family used to camp out at when my dad was in the Navy and we lived on base in Goose Creek, (where I work.) My boss also had to give the beach lifeguards a swim test so I had to do Alligator watch, which isn’t my genre! After this we went out for some lunch then back to base because I had a mandatory “safety” meeting on the Air Force base. This is for all the new employees on all bases in Charleston. The meeting consisted of how to stay safe because areas around Charleston aren’t exactly friendly. The instructor also handed out events that go on in and around Charleston so that was helpful for me so I could see what all there is to do on my free time. This meeting lasted from 1:00 until 3:30pm so by the time I got back to the Weapons Station I was off of work! Thankfully!

Edie Foley
June 17, 2011 – Friday
MWR
This morning I worked regular hours. I usually get to work 15 minutes early to get to my office and help Riley (the physical trainer) set up for the Command PT. This is only about 20 people in their unit that have to do the PT with their Commander. I help Riley with every PT session he has and he tells me different options of obstacles for a PT class and how you have to learn what level the group can be on so that some people don’t get bored and others don’t drop out. Directly after this class, I did the Stroller Roller classes that were from 8-10:15am. We did the same routine but I switched the stations up a little so they wouldn’t get bored from doing the same thing a couple days before. The rest of the day my boss had me helping her out with small tasks that needed to be done. She ordered drawstring Navy bags that had 3 sets of fitness bands in them so that I can start using them in the Stroller Roller classes but each participant would get their own bag for the class. So I had to go through numbering all 98 bags so that I could enter them into the MWR Inventory. This took a good 2 hours because they were all stacked in taped up boxes in 15 that I had to carry to the back room. When I got done doing this along with smaller tasks, my boss was already off work so when I have nothing to do during the last bit of my day, I go around helping other facilities at the front desk. Finally Friday so I’m off for the weekend!

Edie Foley
June 20, 2011 – Monday
MWR

Today was not so great and I was in dyer need to get away from base. This morning I helped Riley with Command PT learning about cardio obstacles (he loved agility ladders!) When this was done at 8, the two Stroller Roller classes took place from 8-10:15am. Today after the beginning walk for the class, I had a list of workouts for the stations and let the ladies pick out what they would like at one of the stations. I noticed when they are tired, they talk a lot more, and Mondays are the talking days! Other times, they seem quieter and focused. After these classes, started my bad day. My boss, Nancy and athletic directors were very helpful and welcoming the first couple of weeks but now they seem to be in tunnel vision with their jobs. Today I didn’t have a set job or task to work on besides a couple things for Nancy that didn’t take long. So I was on my own. There are times where some of the staff can just take it easy while on work but because I have two hands and two feet, I felt as if I needed to be doing something, so instead of sitting around, I made some workout sheets for a few fitness classes I plan on starting. One will deal with an hour of working abs, “BeachBody Abs” while other will deal with main focus points of muscle on the body. I will have time during my work hours to start classes during the day so as for now I am working on schedules for the workout sessions. Nancy seemed to be very proud of my work, but sitting in an office the rest of the day was something I’m not use to so I started getting depressed and missing people in KY. When 3:30 came, I was off to the beach to relax in the OUTDOORS!

Edie Foley
June 21, 2011 – Tuesday
MWR

Today I got to run a station during INDOC PT with the Nuclear Sailors, which I absolutely loved doing. Not only because they did everything I told them by using yes ma’am but they had fun while doing it. They played Knock out and when they were out of the game I had them do crunches or push ups (burn outs) until the game restarted. They really loved when I gave them permission to do them in the shade. Hopefully I will be able to help with this more often! After this, I went with Nancy to the pool for children’s swim lessons. I’d rather been in the water as hot as it was outside because I got a bad headache afterwards but the class seemed to go a lot like the gymnastics classes I ran. I liked when they had a group of kids for a session, there were 2 instructors per 8-10 kids. I liked this because it’s always better to have someone helping or suggesting things for the class. When the swim lessons were done, I took my lunch, then had a meeting the rest of my work hours with the Physical Trainer, Riley, and Nancy about class sessions I will be instructing. The ones I came up with are called, Just do it, and Journey. Just do it will be a class of only work out stations that work each part of your body, similar to Roller Strollers, but anyone can come to “Just do it.” Journey will be a class or just walking and jogging. This class will start with walking and changing to jogging through out 10 minute intervals. I’m really excited about both these classes but I’m prepared for learning changes as well!

Week 5 - William Gates - Cycling/HWC

HALF WAY DONE! :)

Cycling Week 5

This week I focused on reaching out to international athletes trying to get them to apply to Lindsey Wilson College. It's been cool building relationships with people who live in other countries. It has also been a struggle because sometimes there have been some language barriers and issues with Admissions getting them the proper information to apply, which makes us (the Cycling Team) look bad.
I have also continued to work on the video special projects, along with reaching out with Lindsey Wilson Alumni to assist with rebuilding the Dual Slalom track and the BMX track before the Fall semester begins.
There was also another potential recruit from Florida that came to visit on Thursday. He came with his mother and a friend, so Coach and I gave him a campus tour and talked about the facilities. While Coach Grigsby went back to the office, I showed the recruit, his mother, and his friend the football facility along with our mountain bike racing facility, too. It was neat to see their reactions to getting a full tour of the campus and the surrounding facilities.
Still working on different things - it is a continuing process. Onward :)

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HWC Week 5

Week 5 of the internship meant that it was the week 2 weigh in for the Flab2Fab program. Around 40 pounds were lost among the 36 participants. It kind of upset me because there are some people that had been working their butts off and then some that you could obviously tell had not been working at all. I continued with the group workouts and ran into an issue last Tuesday with scheduling, but it was quickly resolved because it was not an issue that was difficult to deal with. I also sent out more sponsor/donation letters to try to build up the prize list for the winners/biggest losers.
Week 5 was also the first full week of the Couch-2-5K group. It's been successful so far, although the weather later in the week was a challenge to deal with since it was raining like a monsoon here, so the Saturday AM workout was just a core workout inside the HWC.
I'm hoping that people get their stuff together this week and that they realize this is not a game - that their lives are technically on the line if they do not pull it together. That's been my huge struggle, but everything has been going smoothly. Again, onward!

Monday, June 20, 2011

week 4-austin tronzo-nccc

First I would like to inform everyone that creating a Facebook Fan page is a whole lot harder than one would think. After stating that, I would like to say this is what I spent most of my time doing the first few days of the week. Bobbi told me that they wanted to reach the public more and wanted help with their website. I have never worked on a website before but I tried to do what I could. After a few hours, I asked Bobbi if she had ever thought of creating a Facebook page in order to promote the clinic and reach more people with the promotion of events and activities. She told me that she had been approached by her husband to take on a Facebook page but said she had little to no time to complete it. Then she asked me if I wanted to accept the offer on creating a page. Even though I had never created a Fan Page before on Facebook, I thought it would be something that would promote the clinic and also easy for me to do. Well, was I wrong or what. The entire process of creating a page from scratch and posting it to the public was a whole lot harder then I ever thought it would be. I took a lot of the information from the brochure that had already been completed and added it to the site. I also uploaded pictures from previous events (5K and Art Auction). This way people can see what they events were about and they can also connect with the people in the photos.
Next we had promoted through our event that we would give the first 500 participants goodie bags and also free t-shirts. My job was to approach the tourism department with this idea and to see if I could get some bags, and things to place inside that would promote Bardstown and that they were willing to donate to the clinic. They agreed and I received 5oo bags and enough items to stuff each bag to the brim. My goal was to create a fun way of discovering each thing in the goodie bag, and that one item would lead to the next. I spent most of the day making a creative way to approach the goodie bag idea, and also stuffed all 500 bags. This wasn’t a hard job to do, just tedious. After stuffing all the bags, I then had to move all 500 to storage containers and place them in the stock room to be out of the way until the event. I then created thank you notes for all of the donors that had a part in the goodie bags. This was just a way of saying thank you for your generosity and for your donations to the clinic and to the event.

week 3-austin tronzo-nccc

As the weeks roll on the tasks keep getting more precise and strategic. There are many things that I have accomplished already, but my Director wanted me to pin point certain areas and “clean up” a lot of the documents that had been created. The brochures were printed this week and my goal was to drive around to the sponsor’s place of business, tell them who I was, and connected with them as the contact person for the Nelson County Community Clinic. I was to drop off several brochures to each sponsor and also hang posters that we had created for the event. Most people were ecstatic to have me come in because their organization name was on the brochure or poster and they wanted to get them up and out to the public. I also stopped at a few local places to try to pull in racers; this consisted of work out facilities, country clubs and any place in town that sells sporting equipment. After coming back to the office, I noticed that I had marked off a few tasks off my list, but for the ones I had marked off, I had just as many assigned for the following weeks. We have gotten large donations from a few local businesses, which made my week feel so much better. Medica, Flaget (the local hospital) and also Flaget’s employees each donated $5,000 to the event and to the clinic. This was a great improvement from the $50-$100 donations I had been receiving. I had informed Bobbi, and then had to improve the brochures to promote all of the sponsors. This took some time to find room on the brochure to enhance it, but I completed the task and couldn’t be more proud of it. I felt so lucky to have three huge sponsors come in and support the cause.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Week 4-Zach Prichard-Graceland Baptist Church

For me, last Thursday was just another day. Came in at 12:30, knew that I was going to be the only ones working on the field, so I decided to go ahead and get started. We hadn’t had any rain here in a while, which is good when you don’t want to worry about having to make up games, but it sucks with this “dirt”, because it becomes like powder and it is just very dusty. And since there aren’t any water lines anywhere near by I can’t really water it, because if there were water lines I definitely would water it on a regular basis. After nail dragging both fields to try and move some of the dirt to other parts of the field, I got out the regular drag, which by the way is the worst drag I have ever seen in my life. For one, its home made, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but this on is. What they really need is a mesh drag, which I’m going to start looking for on the internet and see if there is a way we can make one or a cheap one to buy. Anyway, after dragging the fields, I grabbed the coolers and took them up to the cafeteria to fill them up with ice. Then took them back down to the concession and placed them inside, then I put the cold cheese package inside the nacho cheese maker, I do this around 2 o’clock because it take a while for the cheese heater/dispenser to heat up the cheese. And if anyone else is like me when it comes to nachos, I don’t like my cheese cold. Today was going to be Karens’ last day before she was going to be out of town for a whole week on vacation, so she of course was giving me a list of things to remember and do while I was here by myself all next week. Around 3:30 I started putting the bases out and lining the fields. Luckily the umpire for the major league games showed up, a little late, but he showed up. He was unaware that the game started at 6:00, he thought it was at 6:30. This was the first mix up of a colossal of mix ups to come. So once he got there the games started to run smoothly. Everything went well and we got to call it a night. Karen was leaving for a whole week on vacation, and I was off to a wedding for the weekend. My next day would be Monday morning, bright and early.

Monday morning, fields still dry as can be and oh yes, of course the person who was in charge while we were gone decided to leave the bases out on the fields after Saturday’s games. Its not that it’s a big deal or anything, but a little courtesy clean up would be nice to see every once in a while, but oh well. And today was especially going to be an exciting day, I had 2 contacts that I was going to either call, or meet today with the Louisville Bats organization. The other day on my day off I was working with the guy that I’m living with and someone came in that David (guy I live with) knew, and we started talking about what I wanted to do, he gave me a contact he knows that works there his number, so I was going to call him Monday morning before I had to head to the Slugger field to return some tickets that we didn’t sell for Friday nights game. Talked with him for a bit, didn’t get much of what I wanted out of him, mainly because they didn’t have any openings, and if they did they try to give to in house people who are already doing an internship, but he told me to email or mail him a resume anyway just in case. So when I arrived at the field, I went upstairs to the front office, and might I remind you I did wear a suit, just in case. I talked with the receptionist and told her I was there to see Hal Norwood, the Senior Account Executive for the Bats, he was the man I was seeing to return the tickets to, apparently Karen has talked to him about me and “praised” me, and we sat down in his office for a bit and chatted and he told me that he might be able to get me an interview, which just lit up my eyes, he told me to email or mail him a resume and cover letter, and I told him I would hand deliver it to him before the end of the week. So when one door closes, another one opens. Anyway, tonight we have Rookie league baseball which is the 7-8 yr olds, and 6-8 yr old girls softball. I like when we have the 6-8 yr old girls softball because they are just so funny. I love being out there and watching them improve every game. The only thing I don’t like about girls softball is that I have to haul out the pitching machine, and that thing is just a pain. Especially trying to get it calibrated for every game, wait let me rephrase that, every pitch. That machine never wants to be consistent, so every pitch I’m trying to fix it so that the girls get a fair chance of putting the ball in play. They each get 7 pitches and I do my best to help them succeed. The rookie league is coach pitch, but its on the major league field, and it’s usually umpired by John Secor, and lucky for me, he was there today. Got the fields drug and lined and ready for the games. Every thing went smoothly today until Kathy Belew, who is a wife to one of the coaches for the minor league teams came up to me and told me that apparently Marty, the coach of a rookie league and major league team, and the director of the minor leagues had scheduled a rain out game for Friday at 6. Which I already knew wasn’t going to happen because that was the night of the Louisville Bats game that the church already set as a church outing and there wasn’t going to be anyone here to set up the fields. Her concern was that she had parents who wanted to go to the Bats game, but couldn’t if the minor league game was scheduled for that night. I was able to get a hold of Karen while she lay under the sun on the beach and told her out dilemma. She informed me that I needed to tell him that he couldn’t schedule the games for that day and he either had to change it or just cancel it all together. This did not go over smoothly with him. He informed me that he told Karen he was going to make it up on Friday, and apparently she agreed. So I had to re-tell him that it wasn’t going to happen like that, and he threw a little tantrum and said well then we will just cancel the rest of the season, and that he knew who complained and yada yada yada. So we had poor communication on Karen’s part and Marty’s part, and I was stuck in the middle. But we got it taken care of, or so I thought. The night ended, and I was hoping we were done with all the childish acts and ready to move on.

Tuesday we had games on all fields. But the tee ball fields don’t really count, all I have to do there is put out the bases, and that’s not too bad. But we also had pee wee baseball, which is played on the softball field, and minor league which is 9-10 yr olds. Remember how I said I hoped we were done with the childish acts? Well, we weren’t, John Belew walked into my office that afternoon and sat down and wanted to make sure that what Marty had told him about the season being over and they weren’t going to make up their game on Saturday was true. I mean really? You as a grown man want to come into my office and tattle on another grown man because you don’t think what he is telling you is true? Ugh, for sure this has to be the end of the confusion. Right? Anyway, back to the games. The pee wee games are umpired by the coaches, they don’t really even keep score, and its coach pitched. But I got the fields ready and lined and all set up for the start of the night. I had to umpire the minor league games that night, which is never fun. It’s kid pitch and they can barely throw a strike to save their lives, and the coaches don’t know when to shut up. The games are night time to be fixing every little thing the do, one kid who pitches on the Dodgers can’t pitch a ball until he looks at his dad/coach to tell him what to do. I hate umpiring that age group. The games got over, and the night was done, and I was ready for my day off.
Wednesday was my day off, but I was kind of worried because it was piss pouring rain outside, and I really didn’t want to have to deal with calling a rain out game for Thursdays games. I also had to make a phone call to the Pepsi Company because they were supposed to make a delivery to the church on Tuesday, which he came by, but never dropped anything off. I was clearly in his view of vision, and I figured he was doing his thing, but apparently he needed someone to unlock the concession, which I did not know about. So he just left, so I had to call them back and tell them to deliver by Thursday so we could have Pepsi for that night, they informed me that we wouldn’t have it till Friday. Not good.

Thursday came and we were going to have tee ball games, 6-8 yr old softball games, and a double header for the major league division. Karen texted me making sure that the fields were going to be ok and that they weren’t in too bad of shape, I told her we would be fine and we would play. She said great and that the major league umpire would be there on time. I went to the Slugger field to drop off my resume and cover letter, but of course to my luck, Hal Norwood was out of the office delivering tickets, so I left a resume and cover letter for him with the receptionist and a resume for James Breeding as well. Got back to the fields and started working on them right away, I knew that I wanted to get them drug as soon as possible so that some of the wetter spots had time to dry. It was good that we got that rain, because I was able to reform home plate on both fields and get them packed down pretty good. I had the fields looking in tip top shape and ready for the nights games. The tee ball teams started to arrive, one of the girls softball started to arrive, and the umpire arrived for the major league game. There were just a couple of problems. Un-known to Karen, the umpire and I, Marty didn’t tell us that the major league games were cancelled for that night. I couldn’t believe that he would rely on a message that he supposedly sent the night before to us know. You have to get a hold of someone and let them know, it would be different if it was just me who didn’t know, but when you have a 3rd party like the umpire who drove who knows how far to get there, and now he is out of a check and gas, you just cant do that. So he left, and then I had to go figure out why only one softball team had arrived. Apparently Karen sent out an email to the 4 coaches letting them know that the Angels (team that DID show up) was not playing the Cubs, but instead they were playing the Yankees. But the only person who got that email was the Cubs. So I had to call the Yankees head coach and tell her, she was not aware and thought that the email was for the make up game on Monday. The problem here is that they have too many schedule changes and not one master schedule that they all can go by. So the Yankees showed up around 6:30 and we were able to take them over to the major league field and use a hand held lever activated pitching machine, because there isn’t and outlet to use over there, and the softball field was going to use the pitching machine. This actually worked out well because we got both games over at the same time, and we got out of there a little early. Ugh, finally, the end of all the mix ups. Or so I hope. Friday will be an easy day, no games, just get the fields drug for Saturday, which is only 3 games anyway, and we will be out of there by 2 o’clock. Next Post will be Friday-Friday. Have a great rest of the week!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Week 10- Cody Wales- Burlington Bees

Cody Wales
Monday, June 6, 2011
Burlington Bees

Today was just like any other day before a home stand. I came in at 10:00am already knowing that there was a lot to get done today. When I got in T.J. was already edging the warning track and infield, which was very surprising to me. That just means that is one less thing me and Tony have to rush to get done. Once he was done edging me and Tony took the hoop hoe around and got all the extra and loose grass clippings that were around the warning track. After that it was just another usual day. I started off mowing the infield grass and dragging the warning track. Next thing that was on the list for today was to fix the bullpens. Me and Tony already got in our rhythm now and know exactly how to do things to make sure we get them done before the home stands. Tomorrow is the biggest home stand of the year, 13 games. Once the bullpens were fixed we took our lunch. After lunch we rolled the infield to make sure the lines stuck out and made the field look good. When we finished with the rolling we got everything ready and hand painted the foul lines. This is something that I have never liked doing. For one it takes an hour per line and for two you got to do it on your knees the how way. Spending an hour on your knees is not very fun or comfortable. After the foul lines were painted the rain started to kick in so we called everybody up for tarp duty and put the field tarp on. By this time it was only 4:00pm, T.J. gave us an hour break and told us to be back at 5:00pm to pull the tarp off. Why he made us take it off, I’ll never know because we had to come back in at 8:00pm and put it right back on. Finally after the tarp was on at 8:00pm my day was over and I can get some more rest before this big home stand starts.

Cody Wales
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Burlington Bees

Well today started our 13 game home stand. I came in at 8:00am because the tarp was on the field and we had to take it off before the sun came up. Once the tarp was over we began our regular day. T.J. gave us the choice of taking a break until 10:00am and then start work or start work now and get a super long lunch. Well you know my favorite part of the day is lunch, so that is what we choose. We got the bullpens fixed and the warning track drugged. We also got all the screens and batting practice equipment out and left for lunch at 10:00am and then did not have to be back until 2:00pm, which was my favorite part yet. After lunch we just had to wait for batting practice to get over. Once batting practice was over we cleared the equipment and set up for the game. During the game I had to go behind the wall and take care of our nursery because we are going to re-sod around the mound next week. By the time that was all over the game had came to an end and it was time for post game. During post game I did my usual and fixed the mound and plate area. Once the main things were cleared I started on the little job that was left to do around the field. Another day over but yet 12 more to go.

Cody Wales
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Burlington Bees

I came in today at my regular time, 10:00am ready to start another day just like yesterday. The first thing I did was fixing the bullpen mounds and mowing the infield. Once I got that done with that I helped pick weeds off the warning track. After the warning track and everything was cleaned up and dragged, we got everything together for batting practice. We are getting pretty good and doing things in a faster way but still the right way. After everything was set up for batting practice we took another long lunch. After lunch we worked through batting practice but just doing things that we would usually do during the game. So it was really helping us out. Once we got ahead of ourselves batting practice was over. We went through the clean up system and cleared the field. Soon as the field was cleared we started the regular pre-game routine. I chalked the lines and got the mound ready for play. The game got started and we got another long break. During the game we did not having nothing to do because we did it all earlier. The game got over and it was post-game time. I fixed the mound and plate and finished my regular duties. Once everything was done I helped T.J. water the field and then it was lights off. Another long day but another day down, 11 more to go.

Cody Wales
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Burlington Bees

Today was just another day for me; I came in at 10:00am and got right to work. I started out with the usual job, mowing the infield. When I was done mowing the infield I got straight into my next job which was fixing the bullpen mounds and dragging the warning track. This is really starting to feel like I’m doing the same thing over and over now because I actually am doing the same thing over and over. After the bullpens and warning track were done we started fixing things up for batting practice. We have gotten so in sync with each other, that we are doing jobs during batting practice that are not usually done until during this game. Once batting practice was set up as usual it was lunch time. When I got back from lunch batting practice was still going on and all we had left to do was get everything for post game ready and we could take another break. Once the short break we had was over, batting practice was over and it was time to start setting up for the game. As usual I chalked and got everything ready and looking good and then it was game time. During the game we got about an hour and a half and we had to be back. We had to be back early today because we were participating in an all-star special promotion advertisement. We had to change the bases during the 6th inning to represent a 6 month clean up for a local dentist. After the bases were changed we spilt up, I cleaned the bases and Tony got everything set up in the gator for post game. The game was finally over and we were all ready to beginning post game routine. I fixed the mound and the home plate area. We got the bullpen covered and got the scoreboard cut off. Everything else was done and set up for tomorrow. Tomorrow is just another day just like the last few days. Another day, another game!

Cody Wales
Friday, June 10, 2011
Burlington Bees

Another day, I came in at 10:00am prepared to do the usual. I mowed the infield and fixed the bullpen mounds. After the bullpens were fixed and the warning track was drugged, T.J. called a meeting in his office. The meeting was about the all-star break. During the all-star break one person from the crew is elected to join the all-star crew and has the opportunity to be able to prepare the field for the all-star game. Well I found out during the meeting that I was the one selected to join the all-star crew. Once the meeting was finished we set up for batting practice and was given lunch. After lunch I had a meeting the General Manager and other interns that were going to the all-star game about what was expected and regulations. After the meeting was over it was time to take everything off the field and set up for the game. I did my usual duties for pre-game and chalked the lines and got everything looking good for the game. During the game I was in charge of taking care of the nursery and making sure it got its proper care for the week. After I did everything to the nursery taken care of I got a short break and then it was time for post-game routine. I feel like I am repeating myself every week because I do the same things over and over again. Post-game routine included me fixing the game mound and home plate area as well as cleaning the bases and taking down the flag. I know everything I do sounds like something really to do but in reality everything is done a certain way, a way that you have to take time to learn. Once everything for post-game was done and the field was watered everybody was tired and ready to go home. I could tell because everybody was getting frustrated with everybody else. At least tomorrow I get to leave to go participate in the all-star crew. Well one night over and a few more to go. Well talk to you tomorrow and let you know about my first all-star game experience.

Cody Wales
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Burlington Bees

So I woke up today at 8:00am packed and ready to head off to the all-star game. It was an eight hour bus ride but I was use to it because it is twelve hours from Burlington to my house. Once the bus ride was over I got to tour the stadium of the St. Louis Cardinals and find out where everything was. So during this day I was not really in charge of anything I was just there to learn. I got to shadow one of the main grounds crew people and learn exactly how it is in the big leagues. I realized that in the big leagues there is a certain person that is in charge of certain tasks. I got to shadow the guy that rebuilt the game mounds each night after the home games. So for the first game I did not really have to do anything but sit around and ask question about what I might not have understood. I sat around during the whole game and got to learn some useful knowledge. Once the game was over my night finally began. I got the watch exactly how the big league crew fixed there mounds. Come to find out, I learned that we fixed our mounds nearly the same. Only thing I found different was the different types of clay that we used and how we mixed it. After I shadowed the crew and got to see everything we got to go on a out to eat as a staff. The food was amazing and then it was off to the hotel to get a nights rest for the actual real all-star game tomorrow. Tomorrow I actually get to put my talent to skill with rebuilding the game mound after the all-star game. Well goodnight for now, tell you how the day goes tomorrow.

Cody Wales
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Burlington Bees

All-star game Sunday and it was my big day. I got my chance to shine in front of some important people. We showed up at the field at 11:00am and ate breakfast as a crew and then began to get to work. I got to go around with mound crew all day and learn where everything was kept and where all the materials were. Once the tour was done we were free to walk around the entire stadium by ourselves and see what everything did. Basically we got a two and a half hour break to just walk around the stadium and ask questions. Once the game started we had to be back in our seats. I sat in the grounds crew seating, which was in the right field corner. They sat there incase something happened during the game, they could be right there if something happened. Well nothing special happened during the game. After the game I was in charge of getting everything ready for fixing the game mound. I mixed the clay with the proper material and water. After that I got started building the mound the way I usually do it back in Burlington. Well the guy I worked with, Larry Holmes, said that the way I did things was very good. I took that as a compliment and was ready to brag about it once I got back to work with T.J. So my job at the all-star game was complete and it was time to head back to Burlington and share with the rest of the staff everything that I experienced. This was something that I never thought I would get a chance to do but I did. This experience with the Burlington Bees was something I will never forget and something that I would most definitely do again. Although I did not get along with my boss or co-workers as certain times, I learned a lot and gain some very useful information that I will use in life with or without this type of job.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

WEEK 1 - Edie Foley - MWR

Besides food poisoning yesterday at the local Mexican Cafe...I have had quite a bit of work and entertainment while I've been here in S.C.
At the end of Week 1, I am more than excited to be able to have the oppurtunity with the MWR program. Even though the paperwork I had to go through to get the internship started was a nightmare, it was more than worth it.
This week I have learned more than I have ever learned all in one week. I mainly learned about the base, where things were and the usage of each building. The bases are very large so I've gone from window touring to figuring where things are alone. There a lot of Group Fitness Classes that MWR offers and I have attended each one and continue to do so to learn more about different levels of fitness. I now, already have taken over a class called "Stroller Rollers" for an instructor that just had her baby. This class is for Moms to be and Current Mom, who also bring their children to class. We walk for about 1-2 miles, then while I give them some workout ideas (since the main instructor is gone) I make sure the kids are out of the way. Starting in July, I have already set up a class I will be teaching Wed. and Sat. called "Walk a thon" for anyone on any of the bases. This class will involve a 3.1 walk and is great for those who need motivation to get out.
Not only has this been going on, but I am also working on the athletic inventory and created a book to keep up with the different sports equiptment for the base, and help out around the athletics, aquatics and fitness center just learning their basics on running the facility.
One of my favorite things I have taken an inerest in, is the PT in the morning for the Navy. I have had to apply first aid to some as well as taking care of what we call "the pukers". I'm sure you can imagine what I mean. The guy that I assist, Riley, is about the same age as me and makes the job more interesting everyday. I am really thinking that fitness is the area of recreation I am wanting to focus on because with MWR, the fitness isn't just hitting the gym, but performing fitness through obstacle courses and games. I work every day of the week and each day I learn and do something new. This was definatly a great pick for myself!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Week 4 - William Gates - Cycling/HWC

Cycling Week 4

It has been neat to see the relationships take place with the cycling admin and some of the other departments and sports. There has been cohesion with baseball, softball, and some of the other sports in trying to find the man-power to do some of the tasks since the majority of athletes are gone.

A potential athlete came to campus, so I showed him and his family around the campus, covering all of the really important facilities. I also started working on the facilities video that is part of my special project. I ran into some issues with that because of messing up and stumbling my words in the video, so I had to re-do a couple times, especially the facilities video of the Wellness Center because there is so much to show.

I've also continued to deal with potential and incoming athletes as well as returning athletes, trying to assist in making the team grow as a collective unit. It was a busy week, but manageable.

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HWC Week 4

The second weigh-in of the Flab2Fab Fitness Challenge was really exciting. We had 36 people end up continuing on with the program and the total amount of weight lost was over 130 pounds! Unfortunately, there were two people that gained weight - but that was by their doing, nothing I could control because I provided the tools and opportunities available for them.

Each day of the week I was working out with either small-groups or the whole, large group, so I was really busy with doing the workouts and then making sure the Couch-2-5K program was ready to go. June 11 was the first day of the Couch-2-5K program and we had 20 people show up - SUCCESS! I know there would have been more participants, but they were not able to make it to this workout, so they will be at the next workout.

One of the things that I have been dealing with is contacting potential sponsors to donate gear, money, or something towards prizes for the Flab2Fab Fitness Challenge and the Couch-2-5K Training Program and race. It has been somewhat of a challenge for me, but things are going well. It's great to be able to apply all these different things I have learned to two different internships.

Week 3 - Shane Perkey - Camp Kentahten

What a hectic week. Kids are great, but I was in store for more than I had planned. 8ball and I went on escort to Pittsburgh to pick up 6 girls and bring them back to camp. That was fun. One of the first two girls didn't show, so we had to ride 45 minutes in a limousine with a 13 year-old girl who was as shy as they get. She claimed she didn't want to sit by any of the other 4 girls because she didn't know them. By the middle of the day the 5 girls were best friends and had taken a liking to making fun of me and 8ball. It's funny, especially since they were 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. It was like they gelled to come together against common enemies in me and 8ball. Quite hilarious, it was. Now that camp has started, 8ball and I keep hearing from the girls' counselors how much they like us and such. I am glad that we made positive impacts as male role models for those girls. You never know what they've witnessed, especially with the population that Camp Kentahten serves. Each Tim Horton's store sponsors two children from ages 9 to 13 to come to camp. They are kids that don't have the best, but deserve the best. Therefore, it is a very gratifying job.
Me and my co-counselor have 8 boys who are 10 years old. What a crew. All of the kids are extremely different. They are religiously different, ethnically different, intellectually different, and developmentally different. Accommodating them has been difficult, but they are becoming a small family and absolutely love me and Wolf as their counselors. There is one child who is hyperactive and doesn't want to listen, but the other boys help us out and it is absolutely amazing to see the other kids trying to help and take on leadership roles. I feel like we are doing the right things. One camper has been kind of hanging out on his own and tagging along in the back of the group. I think I reached him today though. He swam for the first time in his life and I had to save him. Thankfully I took lifeguarding before camp. His highlight of the day ended up being swimming, so that is great. We also made rules together for the entire group and I let him help me decide how much time we would deduct for poor behavior. Everyone else reviewed the rules and agreed upon them, so I think he felt important. He seemed ecstatic be be included in some of the rule making. I think that is where the breakthrough happened though because his demeanor at lunch and demeanor at dinner differed tremendously. I look forward to tomorrow and the rest of camp, it will be amazing.... of that I am sure.

Week 4- Daron Morris: The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

Week four was another great week at The Pines. I have continued to work the closing shift. Each day I have arrived at the course at 2 o' clock. I start out making sure everything is running smoothly. I then have to make sure all carts are washed and ready for use. Then i will continue to sign in players and record the tee sheet.
Monday was kind of a slow day, we did not have a lot of players out. On days like these i spend the majority of my time on my project and also if we have a tournament later in the week i also make plans for them as well.
Tuesday we had several players out throughout the day. I really enjoy tuesday's because at the end of the day around 5:30 we have our weekly "Tuesday night Scramble". I am normally managing the course by myself at this point. I really enjoy putting on these scrambles. We mostly havea lot of our members come out to play. We also have a few guest as well. So far the number of players have been pretty low due to the weather. This past tuesday we had our biggest turnout yet, with 16 players. Still not the amount we want but i think it will only get better as the summer goes on.
On Wednesday I worked the opening shift. I arrived at 6:15 and quickly began to get the carts washed and lined up. Once i have all the carts ready to go out, I open the Pro-Shop at 7 am. I had several players show up between 7 and 9am. Until around 1 o'clock i had another slow day.
Thursday-Off
Friday afternoon was a pretty busy afternoon. We had a Golf scramble for UK AG, this tournament started at 12:30. Once we got the tournament started it was a pretty easy day. Then once everyone was finishing. I had to collect all the score cards and figure out who got 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We had a tie for first, and i gave them the option of haveing a playoff on whole 1 or a score card playoff. They chose to have a playoff starting on whole #1. THis was a fun event and i enjoyed helping.
Saturday morning i arrived at the course at 6:15 and I began to get the carts washed and lined up. James has hired help for the weekend mornings. Alex helped me get carts ready for the day. The reason for more help on the weekends is because we normally have people showing up around 6:45 am. Therefore we have to get everything ready earlier then the normal weekdays.

Outside of my everyday work schedule, this week me and James focused a lot my project and getting the necessary materials ready for completing my project. We both went out and walked the entire course planning and figureing out where we should place each sign. This was somewhat exhausting, but very helping. I am really looking forward to take the next step in completing this project.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Week 2, Matt Dooley

Several trips came back from this past weekend. Lots of tents to repair and lots of stories to be shared. The mountain was brutal for the guides. I really hope summer will come soon. Client interaction, is harder than it seems i am learning. It is if it is a secret to mingling with clients. All of the guides here at SWS almost rely on their talking with clients and soft flow in exchange of words to get a tip just to help survive for the week. Brady introduced me to SMART goals during a pack check. It is a helpful term to teach and to learn. My nick name is defiantly sticking. I just received some new mountaineering gear and have been trying it out and using it to practice on my own time, cant wait to get up on the mountain. See ya next week.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Week 3-Zach Prichard-Graceland Baptist Church

Well another week down, 7 more to go. My internship has had its ups and downs, but this past week was definitely a down. After Memorial Day weekend games started back up and everything started running smoothly, we didn’t have any problems with the weather, and the coaches even started coming to me for advice about rulings on the field, and parents gave me praise for the umpiring I had been doing. I was pretty excited for the upcoming weekend, and what it had to offer. Wednesdays are game free, and since not a whole lot needs to be done, Karen has given me those days off. Thursday rolls around and it’s the hottest day of the year so far. I’m out on the fields, dragging them and getting them prepared for the nights games. Karen calls me and tells me that Gary (our church’s landscaper, maintenance man, and anything else you can think of) needed my help on the new soccer fields that they are building next to the 4 new baseball fields they are also building. Apparently, someone had come out on to the property and pulled up all the field marker flags, and fence post flags. I knew right then and there it was going to be a long day. So Gary and I walked around the huge grass area with a hammer, spray paint, and a metal detector. Keep in mind I still need to line the fields, and get the bases out as well. We finally found enough posts’ markings to call it a day, and let me get back to my other duties. Games came and went, and the night was finally over. Friday and Saturday I had off. Monday, June 6th, again, I was the only one out of the fields in the morning getting them ready. We knew that the only games on the Major league field that night we 7-8 yr olds, so the field didn’t need to be watered because they didn’t weight enough to stir up the dusty field. That is one thing I can’t stand about these fields at Graceland, the fields dirt. Karen expects me to understand how to drag and maintain the fields, but this dirt is something I’ve never worked with before. Imagine your at the beech, now put a baseball bat in your hand and a glove, and now your on our fields. It so sandy and dusty that you can barely keep your footing. I don’t know what to do, but do the best that I can with the equipment that I’ve got. Tuesday was a different story, the 9-10 yr old kids were playing that day and they are a little bit more competitive than the younger ones, and I wanted the fields looking better than normal. Around 4 I decided to water the major league field, I spent over 45 minutes watering that thing, I even had standing puddles all over it, and in an hour, it was all dry. But, it was better looking than it being all dusty as usual, so some good came out of it. Tuesday I had to umpire, which is never fun, but it still needed to be done so I did it. Didn’t really have a whole lot of problems, none that aren’t the usual screaming parent or coach upset that you made a safe call when he wanted an out call. 50% of the time someone is going to be upset with the call you make. You just got to live with the call and not dwell on the past ones. Wednesday is my day off, so Thursday-Thursday will be on the next blog!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Week 9- Cody Wales- Burlington Bees

Cody Wales
Monday, May 30, 2011
Burlington Bees

Well today started out just like any other normal day here at Community Field. I came in to work at 10:00am prepared to be in charge of a high school game. We treat high school games just as if it were a Bees game except I am the man in charge. Now I can get use to this. It is not that bad of job it is just a lot of time management. I have to make sure that everything gets done in time for the game to start and make sure all the coaches know the rules. For high school games we tell the coaches that the players must stay off the foul lines and off the new sod that we placed in front on the pitchers mound and behind short stop. We do this because we want the field in best shape for the Bees not necessarily for a high school team. So my rule was that if they step on the sod continuously then I would call the game. There were two games today so we kind of rushed through our pregame duties in time for them to start. Everything does not have to be perfect for these games anyway. So first thing first, I hung the flag and turned on the scoreboard. Then I chalked the lines and watered the dirt. Once all that was done my job was over for a few, at least that is what I thought. After I got back to the office T.J. had stopped in and left me a list of things to do while the games were going on. In between games we do not do anything we just leave it as is and let them play. So in that time T.J. put me to work. To start out I had to take care of our nursery. I cut the nursery and set up the sprinklers. Once that was done I had to cleanup the shop, organize things, and clean all equipment. Basically I was just doing anything to keep me busy. So for the first game I worked hard and got everything done and I was able to chill and relax during the second game. After both games were over we just covered up the mound and home plate area and dipped. We got the next two days off so we just took a head start. We come back to work on Thursday with a few projects in mind. So now it’s chill time!

Cody Wales
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Burlington Bees

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Cody Wales
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Burlington Bees

OFF

Cody Wales
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Burlington Bees

Today was a little better day. I was supposed to come in this morning at 10:00am but when I woke up I had a text message from T.J. telling me that I did not have to come in until 1:00pm. Now that is something nice I like to wake up to. The only thing we had planned today was to build a project. This project was to build something that we could put into our warning track to be permanent foul lines. We needed this so that our foul lines would be perfect every time. We also wanted to build this foul line project because it would help out with our budget. How? Well because we usually paint our foul lines with spray paint. Come to find out that the cost of the paint we use is going up. The paint we use to paint the foul lines is still cheaper. So we took a piece of plywood and cut 8 4inch 8foot sections out and them together to make 2 20foot 4inch foul lines. So we got everything cut out and glued together now it was time to just wait and let the glue settle. Well why we let the glue settle it was a good time to work on my special project. So I grab the tape measure and went to work. During this time I measured triangular sections of our irrigation system. This means I walked around the whole field at least three times. I measured from one irrigation head to the next all in triangular form. After I get the measurements I can go back and look at the head of each sprinkler and see what the radius is. Once all that information is found out I can find out how much of our grass is getting water and exactly how much water it is getting. I also will be able to find out which sections of our grass are not getting any water. Well by time I was done measuring it was time to go home. So we checked the status of our mini project and still the glue was not dry. So the rest of that project will have to wait until tomorrow. A very productive day today although it was just a half day. So I’ll be hitting it hard again tomorrow.
Cody Wales
Friday, June 3, 2011
Burlington Bees

Well today was a full day of hard work. I came in at 10:00am ready to get at it. First thing we did when I got in was put in the permanent foul lines that we built yesterday. So to start this off we had to dig out the warning track material. After everything was dug out we had to make sure that the wood was flush with the ground. We did this so that it would not be a safety hazard for the players. After we place the foul lines down we had to fill back in around the lines and make everything look nice. We did this to the right field foul line first and then moved on to the left field foul line. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes to do each one. Once we got both of the foul lines in we fix the bullpens. Since we did not fix anything after the games the other day that means it left us to fix the game mound and home plate area. I would have rather fixed them after the game the other night but then again at that time I was just ready to get the hell out of here. Since we got a lot of rain this week the field has been under so heavy water in certain areas. So considering the rain we got we had to dry out the field with water pumps and hoses. This was not a fun thing to do but it was something that had to be done. While the water was being pumped off the field I took it into my own hands to continue working on my special project. During this time I took the color of each nasal and looked up the radius of them. Once I got the color of the nasal I could find out how much of the grass that nasal covered.
Cody Wales
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Burlington Bees

Today I came into work at 8:00am ready to get things started for the high school tournament. Once I got to work we started getting everything ready for the game and then the rain started to rain to come in. So since I was in charge I was the guy that had to deliver the bad news to the high school teams that we were going to cancel the games due to bad weather that was settling in. After I told the coaches and players that the games were going to be canceled I still had to cover everything up, in the rain. So that was the bad part of my day. Once I got everything covered up and the field was ready to be left alone I went and sat in the office for about another hour reading up on irrigation systems trying to figure out which nasals shot water the farthest and shortest. After sitting in the office and reading for awhile I decided that it was time for me to go home. Once again it was another short day but yet another positive day too. Well I get another off day tomorrow to rest up before the biggest home stand of the season starts up. Monday is going to be a long day of getting the field looking perfect then on Tuesday we start a 12 game home stand with no days off. That means working from 10:00am or earlier to 10:00pm or later everyday. So that means no rest for me for the next 13 days. Now it’s off to relaxation for another Sunday.


Cody Wales
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Burlington Bees

OFF

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Week 2 - Shane Perkey - Camp Kentahten

I have learned that a lot of the counselors here are not religious. It is probably because most of them aren't from around here (just like me). On top of that, Cricket, the program manager, has given numerous reasons why our camp is not affiliated with religion. Caz, the General Manager, has eluded to this as well. Camp Kentahten is CHILD CENTERED and doesn't put conditions upon who it serves. Each Tim Horton's store in Canada and the US selects two children to send to camp. Most of these children are impoverished and cannot afford camp. Tim Horton's stores use donations and a percentage of their sales to send these children to camp. The focus is children, not christian children. Even the camp songs are prohibited from using religious words or phrases. This enables the camp to accommodate a much larger range of individuals. They focus on making better human beings where "kids can discover their greatest" rather than spreading a faith like other camps and mission trips. The Tim Horton's Children Foundation is the greatest Foundation I have ever heard of, but of course that is my opinion.
I have been retaining two personal attributes thus far from camp. Camp staff as a whole is 5 minutes early to everything. I am a big fan of this and it is making me feel better about my day. The other attribute is "golden mop". Golden mop is when our assistant nurse goes through the bunkhouse with a checklist to see who has followed the directions of keeping their living quarters clean. There are multiple winners each day and I have been among this list every day thus far. The great thing about Golden Mop is that it is made to be fun and exciting with songs and things. It isn't a mandate and something passed down through vertical management. Everyone is involved in golden mop, and it is actually fun. I take pride in being organized and I appreciate the horizontal management. It is a nice reprieve from the classroom.
I have learned SO many camp songs since I have been here. They are so positive and uplifting, it is quite amazing. I am having trouble keeping track of all of them (including the body language) but I will master them all. When you think you can do anything, you can literally do anything.
I received my camp nickname today. Everyone calls me Bruin now. Andrew (8ball) and Kary (2step) still call me Coach now and again, but it's nice to fit in by having a nickname like everyone else. I don't watch hockey, but I took a vested interest in seeing the Boston Bruins defeat the Lightning (I don't remember what city the team is from) and thus was named Bruin by a fellow female counselor named Krash. She is a snowboarder from Maine and has been at camp for a few summers already. I was the first of the new counselors to get a nickname, so that's pretty cool. I have made a lot of good impressions and I can tell that a lot of the counselors have learned as much from me as I have learned from them. Reciprocity hasn't been brought up here at camp yet, but it seems that it is one of the defining principles in which the camp functions upon. The campers still aren't here yet, but I am really excited about getting to meet them. I found out today that my co-counselor is Wolf. He reads a lot and has long black hair. We have the group B3, which is mainly 9-10 year olds. He is great with the kids by everyone else's estimation and I can see why. He is a friendly guy and has great intentions. Everyone here is great. Overall, everything is going great and I have a plan for what I am going to do to improve the camp so I can satisfy the internship requirements. I am excited about doing the project for Cricket, he is a great leader. Camp is good, all the time! All the time, Camp is good!

Week 3- Daron Morris: The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

After my third week as an intern at "The Pines at Lindsey Wilson," I am still continuing to learn more about running a business. Golf is my favorite sport to watch and play. I feel lucky to be able to work in this type of environment. I love the people as well as the atmosphere around the golf industry.

Week three consisted of the same work schedule as week two. I worked the closing shift everyday last week except for saturday. Working these hours over and over again really help me perfect my job. I am a quick learner, therefore I learn something new every single day. Whether it is learning how to manage time or satisfying a certain costumer. I really enjoy what I do here at The Pines, I think by the end of my intern I will be well prepared to manage a business.

To begin the closing shift I come in at 1:45. I arrive fifteen minutes early to make sure i am caught up on what is going on at the course each day. This really helps because if there is anything extra that needsto be done i can get it done or at least start on getting it done. Once 2 o' clock roles around I make sure all carts are cleaned and lined up outside te proshop. I make sure all drinks and snacks are stocked. After that I attend to other jobs that James needs me to do. For example, This week i had to make several phone calls to line up the Adair County High School scramble that we had Saturday.

One subject we really focused on, outside of our everyday jobs, was preparing for my summer project for The Pines. All of the plans have been set and we prepare to make a few purchases next week to get the project underway. I am really excited about this project. Im not going to reveal anything just yet, but as soon as we begin to work on my project I will explain it in more detail.

Week 1 - Shane Perkey - Kentahten

Week one mainly consisted of lifeguard training and CPR/First Aid Certifications. I had a good time because I finally met some new people. The water was really cold though and they were concerned about me getting hypothermia. I let them know that it's normal for my lips to turn blue and me to shiver though, so everything ended up going well and I received my certifications. I had a lot of fun though. The fun was even better because we learned about one another in a Blitzkrieg kind of way. Considering we were all in close proximity of one another, the rate in which we learned about each other was astounding. I liked it a lot. I also like the food... to a certain extent. We are made to fix our plates with everything put on the table, but we aren't made to eat it. It's part of the Kentucky Feeding Program in which Kentahten proves that they serve all of their people and in turn they receive money back for the food.
My internship with the kids hasn't really started yet, I am just doing training until June 13th, so my impressions upon them haven't been made yet. I'm excited about the kids here, but there is more training to be done before that happens.
The things I've learned here are amazing, it really is a child-centered foundation. I've always though this, but it is even more clear to me now: There is nothing greater than impacting the life of another. With this in mind, I have the opportunity to HELP 48 young males, and the opportunity to make positive impressions upon my fellow counselors and friendly administrators. I think I have already made a lot of good impressions and my internship here will continue in that direction. Camp is great, all the time! All the time, Camp is great!

week 2-austin tronzo-nccc

This week started off a little hectic. I came into the clinic and the main receptionist had gotten another job with a doctor’s office. She ended up telling us Wednesday was going to be her last day so I was trained on every aspect of her job. This included learning how to decipher doctor’s notes and calling in prescriptions for patients. Also the clinic is a free clinic for uninsured, working residents in the Nelson County area, so I needed to be briefed on how to do an evaluation scan on new patients. This consists of learning if they are working, having them bring in their 1040’s, proof of residency and proof of job. The clinic has had many frauds when it comes to this, so they wanted to train me well and teach me not to just let anyone in; there are precautions that needed to be handled before even establishing an appointment.
After learning all of the main points of Candi’s job I then had to show her what all I had learned. I sat with her at the front desk and she helped me for the next few days get to know the ‘system’ that the clinic had established. While working with Candi at the front desk, I also had to continue to work on the 5K. This week was designated to getting volunteers, asking companies to donate goodie bag items for all the runners and for the winners, and contacting a physical therapist to set up a stretching station. I was recommended on from last year, but she had moved out of state. I then started calling around and contacted Angie Taylor to volunteer for the position.
Next I was to secure a live band to play for the racers an hour before the race started and after the race had finished. I had called several local bands, but none of which wanted to volunteer their time for the race. A local band, Top Shelf, ended up agreeing to volunteer at the race. They are very well known within the community and have a good reputation for producing a good show for all ages.

week 1-austin tronzo-nccc

During the first week I was shown around the facility and each individual room. I was also taught a route to do everyday when entering into the building to start off the day. This included scheduling patients for the upcoming appointments, picking up medicine, checking messages and emails, and having a short meeting with the Executive Director about what is to go on during the week. I shortly realized that they wanted me to do a lot of independent work gathering information about the 5k run/walk and also contacting donors and sponsors for the race. The Executive Director, Bobbi, put me in charge of the event and gave me all the information from the event held the previous year. Even though this was a helpful basis, it was also the minimum of what was to happen this year. My job was to update the information and gather more sponsors in order to make a profit of $20,000 for the clinic. All this needed to be donations, and people signing up for the event being held in 3 months.
It was a lot of work but I dove right in, starting with an email to send to local businesses and doctors offices for donations. I also contacted donors and sponsors from last year’s event in order to see if they wanted to match or increase their donation.
I also started a brochure that was to inform businesses and community members about the event, and to see if they wanted to sign up. I then created a list of everything that I would be needing to do within the next ten weeks and created a timeline for when each task needed to be completed. I am mostly using Excel to create these check lists and also using it as a working document. When I have completed each task, I date the day of completion and at the end of the week I am to show Bobbi what I have completed and ask if there is anything else to be added. Even though I am new to the facility and office, I am completely responsible for this event, which is nerve racking but also exciting at the same time. Seems like all those program plans are paying off.

Week 3 - William Gates - Cycling/HWC

Cycling Week 3
My third week with cycling did not involve any fun bicycle safety presentations, however I completed one of my big projects that I have been working on. I have finished the point archive for Lindsey Wilson student-athletes as far back as I could find conference results for the cycling team. I have several other big projects that I will be completing over the next few weeks including the two video projects, maintenance of cycling facilities, and more. In week three I continued documenting emails and all correspondence with current and prospective athletes.

I have created a list of incoming and returning athletes to help find out which disciplines student-athletes plan on competing in when the school year arrives. I also went with Coach and Charles Mooney to Green River Lake to check on the condition of the mountain bike trails and to scope out another potential trail for our home race in September.

I have also been observing the relationship that the cycling staff has with the Athletic Trainers, along with a potential new Athletic Trainer, along with some of the other coaches and staff members. During week three I also continued to work on a list of billboard companies to call and see if they would be willing to donate any excess billboard material so we can cover our BMX track when it is not being ridden in order to keep it in good condition year round.

Continuing to talk to potential student-athletes is one of the things I most enjoy because I get to know the athletes a little bit and hopefully help them choose Lindsey Wilson College for college. I really enjoy this internship so far because I am learning many extra things that people may not realize goes into running a successful team.
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HWC Week 3
The Flab2Fab Fitness Challenge began May 31 and we ended up having 38 people show up. The hardest part about the first day was getting all of the measurements, weights, and information from everyone because there was only one scale, one BMI/body fat percentage machine, and one measuring tape. It has been documented that for the next time that a program like this begins, it would be optimal to have at least two of everything to help with time management. I had asked everyone to show up between 12PM and 515PM to get all of the measurements done, but only about 10 or so actually did. After the measurements were all complete, I introduced myself to everyone and gave a little speech about the program and its details, what I was expecting from everyone and asked if anyone had any questions.

Following the introduction, we did the 5-minute step test in order to gauge the fitness of the participants. Everyone seemed motivated and pushed each other to continue even if it was hurting so bad! It was awesome!

The next day it was decided to start denying people entrance into the program because we wanted everyone to start from the same time and be in the program from start to end together. When it came to Thursday, I had a serious discussion with Joel about how I did not want to cut participants from the program because of the need for most participants to be in the program. His main concern was that I would be working more than 20 hours a week with him and that he would be extremely over budget. I had to tell him that it is a 20-hour minimum internship and that I am not comfortable cutting people who are in a situation where they may not be here next year if they become cut from the program and lose all motivation. He finally turned the other cheek and said we could keep everyone and the day was good.

I met with several groups to do small group workouts and the participants seem to love it and be completely happy so far with everything that has been going on. I had also done a ‘trial’ Couch-2-5K workout last Saturday with anyone who wanted to show up. It was a great turn out of about 16 to 20 people and they all worked tremendously hard.

Weigh-in day is today – Tuesday June 7, so we shall see how hard everyone has worked through week 1!

Monday, June 6, 2011

austin tronzo-intro

I will be working at the Nelson County Community Clinic and helping out with their annual 5K event. There are many things that I will be doing including: manning phones, emailing registration forms to runners, create solicitation list to businesses for donors, ex. Chamber of Commerce and River City Races, prepare letter for mailing to sponsors, stuffing envelopes, addressing and mailing, phone-a-thon to potential sponsors (obtaining pledges), complete and create personalized thank you notes to sponsors and runners, pick up checks from sponsors, develop deposit slip, bank, create brochure and registration forms, fold, print and submit brochures, deliver brochures to businesses, create poster (printed), put posters out, create webpage information, create t-shirt, sizes of t-shirts from registration forms, order t-shirts, transfer to-shirts to registration table and separate, secure entertainment and radio stations, solicit door prizes, secure masseuse, get trophies and water donated, solicit volunteers, set up registration desk and water stops, set up sound system, log on spreadsheet runners and sponsors (paid/ not paid), evaluation write up, etc. if this does not fill my 400 hours, then I will be working with them doing office duties, and creating fresh ideas for next years events. I would also team up with the CofC and the Bardstown Tourism Department to promote the event, and create other ideas for their leading events.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Week 8- Cody Wales- Burlington Bees

Cody Wales
Monday, May 23, 2011
Burlington Bees

So I had a good weekend, got plenty of rest and then it was time to get back to work. Today I did not have to be in until 3:00pm for a double header Babe Ruth game. During these games I am the man in charge of the field. If I say the field is not able to be played on then the game does not get played. Today, the game is going to be played. The field is in good condition and everything has been running smoothly ever since Tony and I found are rhythm. So we came in today and the only thing we had to do was set up for a game. During little league games they do not take infield or any other practices before the game. We set up for play and they play. So I did my usual chalking and mound preparation and then it was game time. T.J. did not come in today; all he did was leave of a list of things to do while the games were going on. First I had to take care of the nursery behind the fence. I mowed the grass and then set up irrigation so that we could run water back there at any time of the day. After that was complete me and Tony had to split up, he cleaned the office and the shop area while I cleaned the storage building. Things were not so bad since T.J. was not around to give us extra work when we got done. So we knocked out all of the extra work during the first game and got to relax the whole second game. Once the game was over all we did was fix the home plate area and the game mound, cover them up, and get the heck out of there. The games got over around 8:30pm; we were done with all our duties by 9:15pm and able to leave early for once. Usually during a double header we do not get out of the stadium until 11:00pm or later. As I was leaving the field I got a call from the boss man, T.J. He actually had good news for me. He said that tomorrow was suppose to be a nice day and he was going to go play golf, so he gave us the day off. It was nice to get off before 11:00pm and even better that we do not have to report in tomorrow. Time for a little fun during the week!


Cody Wales
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Burlington Bees

T.J. blessed me with another off day. This is becoming my type of job, 4 of the last 5 days off. We got another Babe Ruth double header tomorrow though.


Cody Wales
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Burlington Bees

Well today was suppose to be another Babe Ruth game but due to bad weather the game was banged and we got yet another day off. The Bees come back for another home stand on Friday so I am sure tomorrow is going to be one of those days. I know for a fact that we have a lot of things to get done tomorrow in order for the field to be in shape for play on Friday. Well another off day and another day to catch up on some more rest, thankfully.

Cody Wales
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Burlington Bees

So today began just the way I expected it to, in a rush. I came in at 10:00am knowing that there was a lot to be done today. First thing first is usually for me to mow the infield grass but since it rained a lot this week there was a lot of water standing on the infield dirt. So my first job today was to get the pumps and hose ready to pump off all the water off the infield. Once we got as much of the water as we could off the dirt it was time to start my regular day. I started off mowing the infield. After I mowed I decided to roll it to make the lines look pretty. Today was the first home game of the series so I always try to make it look the best for the first game and let the rest play out on it’s own. After mowing and lines were done I started on the warning track. I got the edger out and started edging. As always after edging was done I had to go back and rake up all the loose grass clippings. After that I got to drag the warning track and make it look nice and pretty. During the first home game of a series the warning track has to look like nobody has stepped on it at all. That is pretty hard when we got people working around the field at all times. Those people do not care about what the field looks like because it is not their job. Well I got it done anyway. Next task on my list was to get the bullpen mounds fix and ready for action. Once I got them finish the players went right into bullpen work and messed them all up again. So that did not last long. Then it was time for my least favorite job before a home stand, painting foul lines. I hate painting foul lines because we do this by hand. That means I have to get on my hands and knees and hand paint them with a paint brush. It takes at least an hour per line. Anyways, I got it all finished and then it was lunch time. A short lunch today but I can not complain because T.J. bought it for me. After lunch we set everything up for the game. No batting practice today because the field was too wet for them to be messing it up before the game. My usual game day routine; chalk the lines, make the game mound look nice, and water the field. The game was over and yet another win, now on to post game routine. I fixed the mound and home plate area then went straight into cleaning bases. Got everything done that I usually do and then it was time to kill the lights. Another day on diamond another sun up sun down view and it was back off to the apartment. We have another game tomorrow and Saturday and then another day of rest!

Cody Wales
Friday, May 27, 2011
Burlington Bees

Well today was just like any other day. It was game day and I had to be in at 10:00am. And just like any other day, I start off by mowing the infield grass. Once I got done mowing I had a little extra time while my partner Tony was still dragging the warning track so I decided to roll the infield and put some pretty line in it again. After I was done rolling Tony had already finished the warning track and began on fixing the bullpen mounds. Luckily by time I got done to help him there were only 3 left to fix. So I guess I was lucky enough to get out of fixing just one of them. Now it was getting closer to my favorite part of the day, lunch. All we had left to do was get everything ready to batting practice. So we got all the mats and bases loaded up in the gator and set up all the screens on the field. Then it was time for lunch. After lunch was over we came back and got right to setting everything up for batting practice. This involves setting up all the mats around home plate area and putting a practice tarp on the game mound that way the pitchers do not mess up the mound too bad before the game. Once everything for batting practice was set up, batting practice began and we started on our side duties. My side duties consist of taking care of the nursery behind the wall and setting up a tournament for some high school games that start next weekend. So I cut and watered the nursery then had to put my brain to work. As a sat in the office trying to make a bracket for this tournament it finally hit me that I still had my bracket book from college. So this made everything much easier for me. I got all the games scheduled and now it was time to call the schools and let them know when they play. By time all this was done batting practice was almost over and I had just enough time to grab a bag of chips and a soda. Then it was time to take all the batting practice equipment down and set up for the game. As always my duties for pregame were the same. I got the baselines chalked and made the game mound look like the pros. I can tell that I’m getting better and better and this stuff. I mean working for T.J. is still the hardest part of the job but other than that, I think I could make a career out of it. Anyways, I finished setting up for the game and then we watered the field. Then it was game time. Well it was another successful win for the team and another good night for me. Now back to the usually post game routine. I fixed the home plate area while Tony fixed the game mound. Once that was done and completed I went straight into cleaning the bases and taking down the flag and scoreboard. We covered the bullpens and got the hell out of there. So for me this was just another day in business and another successful night for the whole organization. Now it is time for some sleep and do it all over again tomorrow.


Cody Wales
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Burlington Bees

After another successful night last night it was just time for another successful day today. I came into work at the usual time, 10:00am. And like always I started off my day with the same list of things to do. So I started off with the infield, got it looking nice and pretty then moved on to the next. Next, I started working on the bullpens and gave Tony the job of rolling the infield. Usually you do not have roll the infield but for one series but since it has been a rainy week it was best to do it again to keep the neatness looking nice. So we got the bullpens fixed and the warning track dragged then it was same ole same ole set up for batting practice. Well this time we decided that we were going to go ahead and set up for batting practice before lunch that way we could relax for a little while and take our lunch at the same time. And that is exactly what we did. After we got batting practice set up we went straight into our lunch. We actually got an hour and a half for lunch today since we were on top of our game. Once we got back from lunch batting practice was still going on so we got to relax for a few more minutes before we had to get back to work. After batting practice we got everything ready for the game and as usual I was still in charge of the same ole tasks. I got the baselines chalked up and in line. I am actually beginning to walk a straight line with this thing now. Hopefully that will help me out better in the long run. After that I got the game mound ready and then watered the field. Then it was game time! Tonight was firework night for the first time this year so I knew after the game it was going to be a long night. Well I was wrong, T.J. told me that that stuff was for the birds so we was not going to have to clean up. We did our regular routine. I fixed the mound and home plate area, put the tarp on the bullpens, cleaned bases, and killed the scoreboard. Once all that stuff was done it was time for our end of the night meeting. We all met back up in the office and killed the light to the field. T.J. finally thanked us for all of our hard work. The only reason he did this though was because I had a talk with him about it and told him that I thought we deserved some more attention and respect towards the field and the work we do. And it actually paid off. Well once again that was another good day and night and now it was time for my one day weekend. We off tomorrow, so I’m out for the night. Night night real world….

Cody Wales
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Burlington Bees

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