Week 1: DONE

And wouldn't you know. The day after I posted about the rattlesnake signs, I actually saw one. Two, to be precise. A baby ran (slithered??) in front of my golf cart and then one almost attacked me as I went running on the back trails. Luckily a security guard stopped me before I got too close. But it was huge. And scary. And only 5 feet away. Behind a fence. But that's beside the point.

So week 1 of my internship is finished. And I like it alot. My boss is great, the work is fun and exciting, and the weather is sunny and warm ALL THE TIME. It can be a little boring, but at least I know what to wear every day.

My job has many different parts. I'll go into more details in future posts, because basically this week was only training anyways, so I haven't really done much. My boss and I worked on putting together a monthly campus newsletter, I organized my three offices (that right, THREE), read through millions of pages on security and employee benefits, was shown how to run and upload content onto the website, sat in on management meetings, set-up voicemail boxes and e-mail accounts, etc, etc.

One interesting part of interning under Athlete & Community Relations is giving tours. The Chula Vista OTC gives a public tour every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. So I have to handle all the volunteer tour guides as well as give tours myself if millions of people decide to flock to our campus on the weekend. I've been practicing all week, taking rides w/ the volunteers and reading all the trivia on the USOC.

Yesterday was supposed to be my first solo run. I couldn't work the golf cart. And it was for a bunch of U-21 Beach Volleyball athletes, so they were all around my age.

So today I let the other tour guide do all the talking and just followed around in the golf cart silently (Yes, I did eventually learn. Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I can't drive a stupid golf cart.) As I go on more tours though, the more I learn how fantastic this place is.

There's so much that the OTC does for the athletes who come here. And the athletes themselves aren't lazy either. Everyone has worked hard to be here, athlete and staff alike. Because the USOC doesn't recive any government funding like most other countries competing in the Olympics, we have to rely on donations and gifts from outside sources interested in the our movement. Nobody here is getting paid the big bucks. They do it for the love of the Olympics and that's all. So the work environment is very friendly and passionate.

I am really looking forward to what this internship holds for me. With only one week under my belt, I can only imagine what the next 3 months have in store.

Amazing Awaits.