The Peppermint Pie is underwayyy!

“Some people have vices, some people have magic pills. I have the woman I’ve been married to for 20 years.” -Urban Meyer

Being passionate about your job is a rarity….Thankfully, we have Peter Gammons and ESPN.  Or did, at least, for 20 years.  Read about what ESPN did for him in his goodbye tribute:

http://ow.ly/MmgC

“I love baseball. You know it doesn’t have to mean anything, it’s just beautiful to watch.” – Woody Allen, Zelig

Twins (side note: Spring Training in 2 months!!) hoodie is essential for my ’studying-for-finals-attire’

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Smile-Uncle Kracker

This time last year, I was preparing for the big move to Florida….and currently, I am stressing about job searching, studying for my Spanish final, and how I am going to handle 19 credit hours next semester.  However, I just found out I can graduate in June instead of August–that definetely brightened up this 13 degree weather day!

Speaking of weather, TAKE ME BACK TO FLORIDA!  Not only do I miss the amazing weather (ok, June, July and August was downright BRUTAL), but I miss the whole experience I had from January 2009-August 2009 while I was down there.  Anywhere from 70-100 hour work weeks (yes, 100 hours in a week.  I reached that feat twice last summer) that included dressing up as the mascot, supervising an all-night Boy Scout overnight in the outfield, and re-programming cash registers weren’t always a blast, but when I look back, I really did love it.  After so long, it’s almost like I got a euphoric high off working so much and not really knowing what I would be doing everyday.

It’s this experience I had that helped me figure out that I don’t want to do a normal 9-to-5 job after college.  My mom is a retired 7th grade English teacher, and she always says that teachers have the best schedules–you work the same hours your children are in school, you have the same breaks, and you have the summer off.  I 100% agree.  My mom was a GREAT teacher–however, I would not be.  When the day approaches that having a family presents itself, I’ll worry about how my job plays into that.  But now, with graduation 6 months away, I want nothing more than to move, hopefully start a promising job, and be on my own.

Yes, I said be on my own.  So many people say to “Stay in college as long as you can! The real world isn’t that great! Become a lifelong member of Kilroys!”

As cool as that sounds, I really DON’T want to stay in college for as long as I can.  I realize that the “real world” includes bills, being cut off from my parents (more or less…hoping for a little help from M & D to get me started….Hi guys!), and essentially being broke for a while (funny side note–we went to visit my sister in Nashville right after she graduated and to save money, she turned her heat down to 60 degrees…We were so cold that my dad threw some money on her bed just to get her to turn her heat up!).

Keeping the fore mentioned in mind, I know it’s not always going to be fun, I can’t buy all the things I want or used to buy (I will be switching to ALL generic brands at the grocery…luxury of a struggling college student: parents lovingly (or reluctantly) pay for my groceries!) and the work holiday parties will be mildly dull compared to the weekends out in Bloomington.

I would love to be Peter Pan and “never grow up,” but it’s approaching…quickly.

As Asher Roth shouts “I love College!!!!” in his ridiculously popular song (circa last year), I agree–I love college…but not enough to stay forever.

So in June, I will take my last victory lap around Kirkwood and Walnut (don’t worry, I’ll be back to visit) and switch out my “going out clothes” for work clothes.

So from now until then, check back about my job hunt, finishing up college, and other witty pieces of enlightenment.

Happy Holidays!

np

When boredom hits, I have recently found my self Googling terms like “sports management companies,” and “sport publicists,” along with obsessively checking my Linkedin contacts like it is the new Facebook.

Graduation is upon me…not in May like I hoped, but in August.  Taking a semester off of school to complete an internship will do that, though.  While my D-Day to get that little piece of paper with ‘career’  written all over it is not for nine months, I’m positive that the job search can’t start early enough.

Do I obsessively search for jobs?  Perhaps.  Do I find a company I like and immediately Wikipedia the city that it is in?  I’m going to go with yes on that one.  It’s like Facebook stalking (stop looking at their pictures!..and playing Farmville…and Bejeweled Blitz) but for jobs.  But really, it does help to look at the city the company is located in–how else would I know if I could afford the price of living?  Is the city too big for a small-town girl like me?  Could I see my self there? Will I have to live alone? How far away from home am I?

Well, fortunately for me with the job market right now, being picky and worrying about those petty things (except the cost of living) will have to be ignored in order to snag a job thousands of other people also want.

What job is that, you might (or might not) be wondering? Well, I’m not sure my self.  Here is a list of qualities I would like to find in a job:

-Interaction with people (beyond the “water cooler”)

-Travel

-Flexibility to work from my laptop/BlackBerry (i.e…being completely mobile when necessary)

-Located in a large city or surrounding suburb

-Allowed to be creative within my work

-Room to move up in the company (needless to say, I don’t exactly want to be the #2 catcher for the Twins…something (maybe his most recent Gold Glove Award) tells me Joe Mauer will be there for a long time).

Again, I know this is not the time to be picky; however…I also don’t feel like I need to settle, either.  I’ve put in long and hard hours as an intern and I’m certain there is a company that could reap those benefits in the near future…any takers? IMG?  BDA Sports?  Career Sports and Entertainment?

Didn’t want to raise you’re hand just yet?  That’s ok, you’ll hear from me soon.

Back to Google…

np