I don’t think my internship has fully sunk in yet. I know it’s coming, and soon, and I’m excited about it, but I don’t think it’s hit me yet. I don’t know when it will. I remember the shock when it was offered to me, but I don’t know what this feeling is. It’s not denial… I don’t know what it is.

I’ve had friends tell other people that I have this internship. They’re all excited for me, and know this is what I’ve worked for. They seem to be more excited than I am for some reason. They all know I can do this, I do too, but it’s still weird.

I have an internship. With the White Sox organization. I was told I will have a job in baseball before I graduate college. I will be working with pro scouts, college coaches, the White Sox front office and who knows who else. One of the events I’m working, Ken Williams is a big part of.

Maybe it’s a different shock than when it was offered. I think that was more disbelief. Things like this don’t happen to me.

When I tell people, it just rolls off my tounge. I knew something like this was going to happen. I knew I would work in baseball. Maybe that’s it. I expected it…. Not this way, but I knew something would get my foot in the door.

Maybe my first check (from the White Sox) will make it real. Or the 60K square foot facility. =)

I had a big offseason. 

Through a series of interesting, sad and confusing events, I landed an internship with the Chicago Bulls/ White Sox Training Academy in Lisle, IL. I will move in May and be there until sometime in August. I will be doing my internship for school credit, and the fall semester will be my final one in college (FINALLY!). I will have an apartment, I’m taking a class and I will be volunteering at an animal shelter not too far from my apartment. It will be my first experience as a grownup.

I will not only be working at the Academy, but I will also be doing some things for the White Sox scouting department. The White Sox put on a Prospect Showcase in June for high school and college players to be able to be seen by both pro scouts and college coaches. I will be the contact person to the Academy to the scouts and coaches. They also have an event called the Double Duty Classic. It is “an event celebrating the history and tradition of Negro Leagues baseball in Chicago and promoting the next generation of inner-city baseball players” (http://mlb.mlb.com/cws/community/double_duty.jsp). I will be a main contact person for that as well.

I will also be working on the wooden bat league they host in the fall, and will be updating anything else that may need updated.

I can’t wait to get started! I’ll be at the stadium for a few events this year, and I can’t wait! It will be my first experience at US Cellular Field, and really, my first experience in Chicago.

Hopefully, this gets me where I want to be with my career. I don’t know where I want to land yet. I have a couple ideas, and I know it will need to be warm. I’m excited to see what happens!