Hey all! I've decided to take Shannon and Moms advice and start a blog about my time living in Florida. I liked when Shannon wrote when her and Tate were in Minnesota so I'll do the same. The only difference will be the weather! As I write this at 10:30 at night, its about 62 degrees...not too shabby. Anyway...
The first two weeks are in the books, well I guess after tomorrow it will be in the books. I'll start out with work and everything there is going pretty good. Right now, all of the interns are together in this really small room where we all have like a 4 foot cubicle but oh well. Within the next week I'll be moving up to the press box and making that my office. So that will be pretty sweet, not to mention it overlooks the ocean...I can live with seeing that everyday.
So far at work we are trying to sell, sell, sell. I told Joe the other week I have a newfound respect for sales people because it is not easy. You would think selling baseball tickets would be easy but its not exactly the case down in Florida. You know in Wisconsin when we get excited when that first warm day hits and that means baseball and the Brewers (and Twins) are coming? Well they have warm days year round so they don't look forward to it like we do. Other than just tickets we are trying to sell sponsorships and recently I've started trying to sell features for radio spots. I've had a few meetings in the first two weeks and some follow ups. As of now I actually think I have three places that are going to buy with each being a few thousand dollars so I'll make commission of those...so cross your fingers!
I'm ready for the season to get closer and get the baseball fever. I'll be able to keep Justin updated with Brevard County (The Brewers Single A team) and Tate with Fort Myers (The Twins Single A team) since they are both in our division. We just got our broadcast schedules so I know what games I'll be doing and when I'll be on the road. Something cool when I'm on the road will be the hours. Robbie, who is our Director of broadcasting & Media Relations (and I'm one of the Assistant Directors) was telling me we'll bring our golf clubs. So after a game on a Tuesday night, we'll prepare for Wednesdays and then not get to the park til 3:00 for a 7:00 game on Wednesday night. So we'll be able to golf a lot in the mornings..pretty sweet deal if you ask me! Not to mention we golf for a dollar at some courses we have partnerships with! Well, enough about work for now.
The roommates are good, at the moment it's me, Jason, Dan and Keith. Jason is moving out on Saturday to an apartment with some other guys at the office. He is the group sales manager and it's been in the works for a few months now. He's got a lab named Finley. Cool dog and all but I will not miss the dog hair as he sheds A TON! Like Beau, he'll play catch with you allllll day long and never get tired! Dan and Keith are good guys as well. Dan is from New Hampshire and he's the other media guy. Keith is still in school and he's doing this as an internship for Illinois University in Champaign. However, he is a Packer fan and not a Bears fan. We got a couple Bears guys in the office and I made a friendly bet with one. If the Pack wins, he has to wear my Rodgers jersey in our staff meeting Monday morning and if the Bears win I have to wear his Walter Payton jersey.
Other than that, life is pretty normal. Went golfing last weekend which was sweet. We had 8 guys from the office and had a group out there. I actually played decent, I think I ended up with a 92. Not bad for not playing in 3 months. I've been working out almost everyday after work. Hopefully my wrist holds up, at times it gets sore but nothing like what I've had in the past. Our house is old, but it's a half block from the beach so can I really complain about it? Once we get all the dog hair outta here this weekend maybe I'll like it better. Plus I'm changing rooms and taking Jason's...he actually has 2 closets compared to my zero. Anyway...that's about all for now since I'm falling asleep. Hope all is well with everybody, love and miss you all! Please feel free to visit me whenever you want. Obviously I know you can't just hop a plane and come down but you are all more than welcome here. Yes Mom, that includes you and Dad. So stop thinking that I don't like you guys around! We have plenty of space in our house and we'll pretty much have an extra room when Jason moves out. Just let me know if you're thinking about it and we'll make it work!
Til next time!
-Chad
