DAY 19: WILD GOOSE CHASE

6:00 a.m. is really early on a Monday morning after a weekend of surfing but I’m a workingman, I guess. Anyone found a job that will pay me to do nothing but travel yet? Waiting…waiting….k, didn’t think so. Today, I worked in the Sport Operations at Macquarie. It was a little bit better. Specifically, I worked in the facility operations. It was interesting because this is kind of what my dad does so I sort of felt like I was getting a little bit of what he experiences.

After spending the first hour changing addresses on contracts, I FINALLY did something of substance. I took a tour of the operations aspects of the facility. Matt, who is head of operations and used to work at the Olympic Park, actually asked me what I was studying and then we had about an hour-long discussion about the business operations of a lot of sports venues. It was refreshing and educational. In that hour, I learned more than I have the rest of the two weeks I have worked there. After my tour though, it was back to the mundane tasks. I had to find a quote for carpet cleaning, a quote for beach chairs and a quote for flooring. I got ‘em all and that was my workday.

A two-hour trip back and some grocery shopping (I hate shopping) and I could relax again. Dustin, who was one of the ones who got cut up pretty good doing cliff diving, cooked dinner for all of us who took care of him. After some fried chicken and mac n’ cheese (USA, USA, USA!) we played some euchre and called it a night. Overall, a pretty good day. Not much more to report. Until next time…

Cheers!