I'm Baaack

After 12 hours in my 99 Saturn with no a/c...I have gone to Fort Myers and made it back. I got off work early on Friday and thought that I would surprise Grant by arriving a few hours before schedule. That was not the case. There was traffic on I-95 and I-4. I should have driven through the small towns to Gainesville to pick up I-75. The result was that I got to Grant's around 10:00pm on Friday. I was pretty tired.

Saturday was our friend's wedding, Danielle and Tommy. It was a beautiful ceremony and a fun reception. I got to see a bunch of my friends from freshman year and dance the night away with Grant.

Grant had to work Sunday, so I spent the day with my good friend Mandy, my old roommate Erin and her boyfriend. We went out to lunch and over to Sanibel and Captiva Islands. They look so different since the hurricanes hit last Fall. It is sad. =(

That night Grant got off work around 5 and we took Mandy out to dinner for her birthday and then went to a bar for a few drinks. I am getting really old because I was ready to get to bed at 11. I did make it until 12, but then I had to go or I would risk falling asleep at the bar.

On Monday I packed and spent some time with Grant and his parents. I left for Ponte Vedra around 1:45. Luckily, there was not much traffic on the way back and I got home around 7.

Now it is back to work. I have intern orientation starting tomorrow night and concluding on Saturday. Friday is the golf outing...I hope that I don't completely embarrass myself!!

~Becky
I miss you babe! xoxoxo

Uh oh!

I am taking a summer course entitled: Destination Marketing. It is a distance course which means that I can do everything from home. It includes online lectures, discussions and a group project done online. This should be interesting. We are put into groups of 4-5 people and we each do a section of the project and then put it all together. This project is worth 70% of my grade with the other 30% coming from posting on an online discussion page. I am a little worried. I will never meet these group members. I do not know what kind of students they are. I am usually pretty particular in picking groups for class projects. Luckily, I have met some amazing people at school and we have done many a project together with great results. However, this is a bit out of my comfort zone and it gets worse...

Our professor posted a sample project online. I opened the .pdf file and saw that it was 75 pages! This is a 6 week course. I think she is nuts. This is the first time she has taught a distance summer course. I am not excited about being the guinea pig for this experiment to say the least.

I will keep you posted in July when I start the course. It should be interesting, but I need the credits to graduate a semester early in December. And, I will get an A.

UF Baseball Update:
UF first baseman Matt LaPorta has garnered a lot of accolades this week. SEC Player of the Week, SEC Player of the Year and First Team All-American. In regards to team play, our Gators came back from a 6-2 deficit in the 8th inning to beat Arkansas 9-8.
Go Gators!

Wedding Bells

So I watched Rob and Amber's wedding last night on tv. In case you don't know, Rob and Amber met on Survivor and also played the Amazing Race together. I should really stop watching these wedding shows. I called Grant on many commercial breaks and told him ideas for 'our wedding' and we aren't even engaged yet. I am awful, I know! But Grant is the best! I told him that I wanted to get married in the Bahamas. He said, 'whatever you want honey.' Do I have the best boyfriend!? I think I do!

So Rob and Amber got married at Atlantis and had Oprah's wedding planner - Colin Cowie! They planned surprises for each other, had really fun Bachelor/Bachelorette parties, an amazing rehearsal dinner and reception. Sign me up! However, they planned this all in 4 weeks. They looked worn out and tired during all the days leading up to the wedding. It did turn out beautiful though.

Maybe one day I will get married ;-)

~Becky =)

Is it Friday yet?!

This weekend was quite productive. I cleaned my Mom's house, this is a weekly task since no one else seems to care. I have 3 younger brothers, a sister, a dad and a shedding dog that all live at home. I am constantly cleaning up after them all. As a result, I have decided not to have a dog, or at least not one that sheds. I also went to the mall and bought 4 pairs of shoes. However, feeling buyer's remorse, I plan on returning 2 of them because I do not love them enough. The 2 I am keeping are super cute! But they have high heels and will make me inches taller than Grant. I thought about it and decided that I will just have to get over this because the shoes are adorable and I must wear them.

Now it is Monday and I am sitting here at work...with nothing to do. I would offer to help other people out, but it seems that most people here have barely enough to keep themselves somewhat busy. It will be nice when my online class starts because I will have a ton of time to work on my assignments while getting paid! It seems weird to have interns and give them nothing to do...but at least I am getting paid.

I worked on my golf game this past weekend. I went to the local 9-hole par 3 course. My game was a little off. I got 2 bogeys, 1 double bogey and did not count the other 6 holes. In two weeks I will be playing 9 holes at the TPC Valley course with the other PGA TOUR interns. I have been trying to learn how to play respectably, but I think that I have run out of time. I will be out of town this weekend (going to a wedding with Grant) and working all week, so I have no more time to work on my swing. I need to go shopping too and buy a cute golf outfit. If I can't play well I might as well look cute trying!

So, I am going to see Grant on Friday. I am super excited. I am driving down there right after work...so I should get there around 11:30 or midnight. I am exhausted just thinking about the drive, but he's worth it! We are going to a friend's wedding. The first wedding of a college friend. I am excited to see a bunch of my friends from undergrad and see Danielle and Tommy get married. I think it might be weird to see her walk down the aisle. This wedding marks the beginning of the transition from having single friends to married friends.

This weekend is also Grant and my anniversary. May 28 marks month 33! It sounds like a long time, but it's gone by super fast.

I will write more later I am sure!

~Becky =)

One week down...

Hey all!
I have finished over a week at my summer internship. I have faxed contracts, drafted sponsorship proposals, photocopied contracts and promotional materials and spent the rest of my 8 hour days trying to look busy. I have learned that at this internship the skill I will probably master upon my departure is how to 'look busy.' This skill can only be attained through weeks of practice at a job or internship that gives you no real work to do. For example, yesterday I faxed one contract and photocopied another...and that was it! The rest of my day (7 hours and 45 minutes) was spent trying to look busy. I emailed everyone I knew, checked the facebook, read up on Gator sports and shopped online for airfare to Chicago for the 4th.

I will keep you updated much more often this summer...unless I get a ton of work dropped on my little desk. :)

I'm still here!

Hey all,
This is Grant! I do still exist! Good news huh? I haven't updated the blog in quiet a while; I am sorry for that. I had a crazy end to my spring semester of school. However, I did survive and did well. I had one week off and then summer school started. So I went to Gainesville and helped Becky pack and move her stuff back home where she will be for the summer, as you have read from her previous posts. This summer I will be taking General Biologly 1 w/ lab, Intro to Marketing, and an Advanced Statistics course. Bio lasts the whole summer and marketing is the first half and stats is the second. Taking 10 hours during the summer is going to keep me busy for sure! There is a lot of work invovled but it is well worth it to get school done. On the 27th Becky will be visiting. I am definitely looking forward to that. I miss her very much. On the 28th (our anniversary) we'll be attending her friend's wedding. She was my roommate for some time but neither her nor I were around much so we never really got to know each other. It should be fun though or I at least hope! I had a deadline to make a post on the blog by Friday by Becky. It's now 12 minuntes into Saturday I hope I don't get in trouble =(. (It looks like you get some negative points honey...sorry! ~Becky)

Enjoy not only the day but also the night air you breathe.

Grant

My First Week

I began working at the PGA Tour Headquarters on Monday. I spent Monday shadowing a Marketing Assistant. I learned how to fully execute 3 party agreements and log player phone concerns. At the end of the day I felt ready to do some work on my own.

On Tuesday I still did not have a computer or phone. Consequently, I could not do any work by myself. So, I stuffed promotional folders for the better part of the day. I also read half of a book I brought from home (in anticipation of a day filled with menial tasks).

Yesterday I finally received my computer at 10:30 AM. I was able to answer a set of trivia questions a Marketing Director had asked me to do, set up my email account and try a couple of contracts by myself. I think I did them pretty well for my first try.

Today I have not been given any work to do yet. I am pretty bored. I feel bad bothering the girl who trained me all the time for things to do. She told me that the last intern surfed the internet all semester. At least they are paying me!

On another note, there are just 15 days left until I get to see Grant! Woohoo!

~Becky :)