New Year Update
Posted by Nathan & Valerie at 12:22 AM |
Well, we are well into 2007 so I figured I had better stick an update up here for nostalgia if nothing else.
Today, Sunday the 21st, was our first snow day of 2007. It started coming down lightly around noon and didn't stop until evening. The DC area got about an inch of snow. It began as light fluffy snow but by evening it had turned into icy snow - great for packing a mean snowball. We saw 5 accidents on the freeway and bridges tonight and my greatest fear is that some yahoo who thinks they are cool because they have a 4x4 SUV in the snow and that they know how to drive in snow and make sharp turns, yadda yadda yadda, will crunch into either one of our cars. So I am a little leary about driving in the snowm, even if I go slow.
In a job update...baseball is just around the corner. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in either Arizona or Florida on February 15th! Can you beleive it! Baseball is back! I love it!
I had a really great phone interview with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday the 9th for their opening in the Media Relations department. Then, on Friday I flew from DC to Chicago (Midway) for a job interview with the Chicago White Sox. I was worried that the flight to Chicago would get cancelled due to weather in Chicago but the airlines website said everything was fine. When I got to the ticket counter at DC Reagan (DCA) I was instructed that the flight had been cancelled due to mechanical issues and that they were trying to book us on to a flight into Midway at 2pm. My interview was set for 2 pm CST.
So I called up Valerie and she came racing to get me at DCA and was kind enough to drive me the 30 miles p to Dulles airport at 80 mph and purchase me a one-way ticket to Midway airport on Southwest in the meantime. So I got to Southwest and hopped on the plane bound for Chicago.
When I got to Midway it was 20 degrees (but clear) and I had to figure out how their train system worked. The Chicago White Sox ballpark is situated just off of the SOX/35th exit on the red line. So I quickly looked at a map, purchased my train pass and hopped on the orange line northeast into Chicago to switch at Roosevelt and then take the red line due south to Sox/35th. I got to the ballpark with 7 minutes to spare!
The interviews went well. The first was with the Human Resources director and the next was with the Media Relations staff. I think I did a great job and that they all loved interviewing me. We shall see their decision towards the end of this week.
It's a little nerve-wracking just because I want/need it so bad. I am also still talking with a number of other teams as well in the meantime.
I just hope I get on track with the best job for me that will lead to something permanent in the shortest amount of time possible.
Today, Sunday the 21st, was our first snow day of 2007. It started coming down lightly around noon and didn't stop until evening. The DC area got about an inch of snow. It began as light fluffy snow but by evening it had turned into icy snow - great for packing a mean snowball. We saw 5 accidents on the freeway and bridges tonight and my greatest fear is that some yahoo who thinks they are cool because they have a 4x4 SUV in the snow and that they know how to drive in snow and make sharp turns, yadda yadda yadda, will crunch into either one of our cars. So I am a little leary about driving in the snowm, even if I go slow.
In a job update...baseball is just around the corner. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in either Arizona or Florida on February 15th! Can you beleive it! Baseball is back! I love it!
I had a really great phone interview with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday the 9th for their opening in the Media Relations department. Then, on Friday I flew from DC to Chicago (Midway) for a job interview with the Chicago White Sox. I was worried that the flight to Chicago would get cancelled due to weather in Chicago but the airlines website said everything was fine. When I got to the ticket counter at DC Reagan (DCA) I was instructed that the flight had been cancelled due to mechanical issues and that they were trying to book us on to a flight into Midway at 2pm. My interview was set for 2 pm CST.
So I called up Valerie and she came racing to get me at DCA and was kind enough to drive me the 30 miles p to Dulles airport at 80 mph and purchase me a one-way ticket to Midway airport on Southwest in the meantime. So I got to Southwest and hopped on the plane bound for Chicago.
When I got to Midway it was 20 degrees (but clear) and I had to figure out how their train system worked. The Chicago White Sox ballpark is situated just off of the SOX/35th exit on the red line. So I quickly looked at a map, purchased my train pass and hopped on the orange line northeast into Chicago to switch at Roosevelt and then take the red line due south to Sox/35th. I got to the ballpark with 7 minutes to spare!
The interviews went well. The first was with the Human Resources director and the next was with the Media Relations staff. I think I did a great job and that they all loved interviewing me. We shall see their decision towards the end of this week.
It's a little nerve-wracking just because I want/need it so bad. I am also still talking with a number of other teams as well in the meantime.
I just hope I get on track with the best job for me that will lead to something permanent in the shortest amount of time possible.
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