Enjoyably Exhausted

Is that an oxy-moron? I'm still deciding. I have been busier the past 4 months than I have EVER been in my entire life! It's been crazy. I guess that's what three jobs does to a person. What three? Yes three. And I am so so tired but it has been SO SO awesome.

Job #1  9:00am-3:15pm  Marketing Coordinator at a Mortgage company in Danville
Considering my background is in Sports Broadcasting, this has really been a learning experience for me. It's a fairly small office so all of the marketing & communications responsibilities fall on me. Luckily I have a good amount of marketing experience from my producing responsibilities at True Blue. I've been able to apply that experience, but I'm still learning so much about marketing. AND so much about real estate and mortgages! It's really been a blessing having a steady day job that is helping to broaden my resume and develop new skills.

Job #2 3:30-5:15  Assistant High School Varsity Basketball Coach

OH MY GOSH. I've always wanted to coach basketball or volleyball, and having a dad who has a very long resume in coaching I thought I had a clue. It is so much harder than I ever expected. At the same time, it is so much more rewarding than I ever expected. The school is what some would call 'under-privileged'. We had no balls or practice jerseys when we started, but thanks to some local donations (and my dad calling in a few favors) we have the basic necessities now. Even better than that, we've already won 6 more games than they did last year! I've really grown to care for these girls. I learned quickly that it's a LOT more about creating a safe positive environment for them to come to for a couple hours, than about being the best at basketball. (We won both our games this week though! Huge! Only 7 to go)


Job # Public Relations Game-Day Assistant for the Golden State Warriors. 5:30pm-12:30am (give or take traffic!)

                (Red Sweater---where's waldo)

Just worked my 23rd game this season Friday night. I have games Mon-Wed-Fri-AND Sun. this week! It's basically all nights and weekends (with a few exceptions) which can get really hard at times.  HOWEVER, I have been able to work closely with an NBA team! Dream come true! And I've been able to watch some of the NBA's greatest players: Lebron, Dwayne, Kobe, Blake Griffin, Steve Nash(personal favorite) etc. My favorite part of the job is post-game interviews. I rotate with another PR assistant covering visiting team Coaches so I've been part of the press interviewing Erik Spoelstra, Phil Jackson, Alvin Gentry, Vinny Del Negro, just to name a few. It's really opened my eyes to the lives of professional athletes and coaches, some good some bad. Working with sports is my passion and even though there are some l-o-n-g days (and nights) the experience has been totally worth it.

 Also, I've been able to hand stats to Bill Simmons and Bill Walton. This past week I got a head-nod from Larry Bird! Maybe not a big deal to some people, but I loved it.

Anyway, my lack of blogging, responding to phone calls/texts, basically just being MIA is all due to this. Especially days when I get the "Perfect Storm". All 3 jobs on one day. It happens 2-3 times a week and it wrecks me. Then I remind myself how lucky I am to not only be employed, but also have 3 jobs that I enjoy. Plus, it'll only be this crazy for a few more months. High School ball ends beg. of March. Warriors are done end of April (probably--but hopefully not!) and then it is back to one job...until next October:)

I am SO loving California, the 65 degree weather in January, the gorgeous city lights when I drive home at midnight, the knowledge that I could get to a beach in under an hour...I'm totally sold. Yeah it's expensive but count it as a weather tax and I stop complaining.

I'm loving it....but I also can't wait for life to slow down again. SO ready for Spring!! Lucky for me it comes a lot earlier in California than it does in Utah:)