Job Status

I had a job offer at the University of New Mexico to be an assistant athletic trainer and be in charge of baseball. It looked like I was finally going to have a job at home. We went through the whole application/interview process and we were just waiting to get final approval so I could start. We were so close. In the end they weren't able to come up with the salary that I was expecting which threw a curve ball into the plans. Luckily, the Rangers were accepting of me talking to UNM about that job and told me if it didn't work out, I would still have a job with them. After MUCH deliberating and back and forth conversation about pros and cons of both jobs, we decided it was going to be a better situation to return to the Rangers. This has basically been almost 2 months of waiting, but I guess in the end I'm meant to be a Ranger. The blog almost turned into "The Life of a D-1 College Assistant Athletic Trainer". I don't think it would have been as entertaining......

Home Alone

This weekend my wife and daughter took a trip to California to visit her cousin and son who is around the same age as Mia. During the days leading up the them leaving, I got to thinking.....I have never been at our home alone.

It sounds weird.

I have been alone in plenty of other places around the country. I'm alone during spring training every year with the exception of a week this past year, I'm alone for the majority of any fall leagues that I have done other than short visits, I'm alone for the beginning of every season, and I'm alone for the end of every season. Doing some quick calculations gets me to being without my family for about 3-4 months total in any given year. I've had the house to myself in Vero Beach, Jacksonville, Albany, Columbus, Great Falls, Peoria, Surprise, and Spokane. I have also spent time by myself in hotels in at least half of the states in USA.

This is the first time that I have been alone in my own home. What the heck am I going to do?

Offseason

I know it has been awhile since I posted. I am just enjoying the offseason. Being an athletic trainer in professional baseball is great, but I work pretty much every single day for at least about 10 hours a day. A lot of that 10 hours is hanging out in the athletic training room. I obviously don't have a constant 10 hours of work a day, so I have a lot of down time. That is how this blog started. It was a great way to fill in some of my down time and to let everyone know exactly what I did every day. Now that I am home, my daytime schedule has changed. I watch my daughter every day and she is a handful. The only time I can even get on the computer is when she is taking a nap. Unfortunately, that is the only time I have to do anything, so a lot gets smashed into that 2 hours. Also, there is really nothing interesting going on.....it's the offseason. Right now mostly everyone is sitting at home, thinking and doing anything except for baseball. There are some guys that are in Surprise for Instructional League, but that is a small number. I'll try to put something up every so often, but, to be honest, nothing is happening. Hope you are all enjoying your time as much as I am.