Smooth and Easy

I have not written in here since the job started. It has been some getting used to waking up so early in the mornings and working eight hours in the sun. The biggest thing that has made the job nice is not only the outdoors, but the people I work with are all pretty great guys. The managers are awesome, relaxed, yet dedicated. The other guys are all pretty chill, have their own interests, but we have some fun conversations meeting together during lunch and other times. Generally, we go and set up the course for the day with a lot of mowing, tee placements, and clean-up, and then the rest of the day is spent doing other tasks that require maintenance around the course. So far, I have set the tees, raked bunkers, edge cart paths, pick up garbage, and dig weeds in various areas around the course. If anything, all the labor makes me truly appreciate the time I have at home these days, whether that just be relaxing or working out or watching Arrested Development online.

This morning started with me and Cale raking the bunkers around the course. After the morning break, I spent the entire day on a giant blower going around the cart paths on the course with the Sand Pro tractor, and though there was not that much labor involved, it was actually really boring. Lunch was good, followed by a quick safety meeting, and then the afternoon was a wrap-up of the blowing. Towards the end on the 16th hole, I did not see an edge on the hill, and my wheel sunk below, and the Sand Pro stalled on the back of its body. Alex helped me back to the shop, and Brad and us two were able to just lift it out. After finishing, I helped Alex take a box down at his place, and then I went golfing with Mark, Ryan, and Brad for nine holes. It was the first time I played the back nine, and though my first couple of holes were fairly solid, I fell apart by the 13th hole with some crooked drives and inconsistency. It was fun, though, but sometimes Mark bugged me with some of his arrogant nature about the way he talks about his expectations from the game and how much he can brag at times. In a cynical way, that is even more motivation for me to get better.

My day has ended with a trip to Chipotle and some more episodes online of Arrested Development. I need to get to bed. I could write for a while about my incredible conversations and experience with Laura as well from the past couple of weeks, but that is a whole other story.

-c