Saturday was the most hectic day as far as timing was concerned. I got up at 8:30 to pick up Mary Catherine from North Carolina School of the Arts...took a round about way of getting there. Let's just say there were some miscommunication about directions, and it took an hour and a half to drive what should be a half hour trip. By the time I got to NCSA, it was 10am (should have been there by no later than 9:15), and the front desk staffer explained to me that I was not authorized to pick MC up as I was not her parent...the situation was dealt with, and the staffer was quickly corrected, which was good for me because I was already a little heated from the drive. By that time, I was going to have no time to get back to Greensboro to get ready for Katie Jones' shower, so I got ready in the bathroom at NCSA...can anyone say, bird bath? YIKES! The shower for Katie Jones was at 11:30 out at the Carlson Farms Club. It was so great to see Katie and the Jones' family but I literally had to leave within the hour to make it back to Charlotte in time to pick up Sarah, drive downtown, park and walk to the Westin hotel by 3, which was all the same to me because while the decorations and atmosphere at the shower were great, the food was less than appetizing. Needless to say, the pressure of the schedule was a little scary, especially when I was not completely sure how to get to 85 from that side of town. I'm still not convinced I took the most direct route, but I made it in plenty of time, nonetheless.
We had a meeting with Charlotte Collegiate Football and the ACC group from Greensboro from 3pm until what seemed like forever. We toured the Westin, did the walk from the hotel back to the Panther's stadium, and toured all of the suites, press rooms, etc...that we would be using for the ACC game. It was an extremely long day, and was actually one of the less fun things I've done, only because it seemed a little monotonous. However, we met some key players in the ACC, including Michael Kelly, Associate Commissioner of the ACC, who we will be working with quite frequently over the next couple of months, as well as Allison and Amy (also heavily involved with the ACC game) and their interns. It was good to get a better feel for all parties involved in the ACC championship.
In the time between the start of the game and the end of our meetings, we walked over to the practice fields to see how the youth football initiative was going to play out during our event. During that time, I got to talk at length with Ben Tario about that initiative and saw that it was definitely a cool thing for the program to be connected with. Courtney also let us sit in for a while as she played the role of Stage Manager for the Raycom Sports booth as they were broadcasting the game. Sarah and I took our seats (or someone else's for all we knew) in the press box in time for the game to start, and by the end of the first quarter, we were more than ready to go home. I was exhausted!
On Sunday, not much happened other than a church experience with Ansley Zarra that I will not discuss in the blog but which is something that I am more than eager to share with anyone who wants to talk about it more privately. Lets just say...when someone says liberal, they don't mean contemporary. On a better note, I did get a blackberry yesterday! Yes, I am just now getting one...and yes, I am already addicted.
A large part of this morning was spent in meetings about ticketing and the Night of Legends event that will be taking place the week of the ACC game. Some of these meetings are optional, but in almost all of them, there are opportunities to network with extremely important players so I've tried to tag along on as much as I possibly can. Tonight, I went to a Leatherhead meeting and got to meet the youngest group of Leatherheads. these guys are all in their late 20's, early 30's, most are very successful, and all were so nice. I stayed after for a while to get to know a couple of the guys better, and they had some great advice to share with me based on their experience with this group over the past couple of years. The guys were great...I loved spending time with them! And I'm excited that I'll get to work with this group over the next couple of weeks.
Tomorrow's another big day...and I'm already behind schedule getting to sleep. Blogging at this time really affects my sleep pattern, and probably affects the quality of my writing...but it's the only time I really seem to have to myself, where I can just sit and write for a while (that is no one else's fault...just the way my schedule has played out), and I at least want to keep my commitment to myself to keep an active log of my day to day happenings in the internship...but that's all I'm sharing for tonight!
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