It’s 11am, Noon, 1pm on a Thursday…
Somewhere in the middle of the country
Well, I said goodbye to the Fancave family this morning and
am heading back home, back to reality.
I am somewhere mid country so time is irrelevant; pretty similar to how
its been the past three days. It
is a weird feeling knowing that the 29 wonderful people (29 + all the great
MLBFC staff) who I just shared the most amazing experience of my life with,
will never all be together again.
But I am okay with that because we all have the memories and I feel
lucky to have been a part of it at all.
Not sure how I am feeling right now… for one, I am definitely exhausted
which kind of stinks because I will be up for the next 20 or so more hours as I
work the night shift tonight. I
will plow through it fine though on my adrenaline and then have a massive sleep
tomorrow, which I am already psyched about. I am also feeling sad that this week is over, but on the
same note very thankful to have made 29 new friends scattered all over the
country and Canada. And who also
share the same passion of baseball with me. And who knows… I could be spending all summer with some of
those peeps in the Fancave aka ‘Baseball heaven’. So, I guess it’s a bitter-sweet feeling. Honestly, I am not nervous about the
outcome because it is out of my control.
And whatever happens will work out for me. I love my life in Boston, and would love my life in the
Fancave. I have frequently
reminded myself this week of a quote I say often “Life happens… and all that I
can control is how I react to it.”
While I am all over the place with my feelings, I have never
been more proud to be a Phillies fan, representing my team amongst some of
baseball’s most passionate fans.
And I have never felt more proud of myself for pursuing a dream and achieving
all that I could have up until this point.
The final night was great as would have guessed. We all piled in the bus and went to
Lucky Strike. Again, a well
planned and thoroughly thought out event, with bowling, catered food, drink,
and good company. We had four
lanes and the entire back room of the joint to ourselves. It definitely made all of us feel
special as we took our pictures in front of the MLB Fancave backdrop screens
hanging up (is that what you call them), and told stories of the past week,
while relaxing and having fun. It
was neat to catch back up with all the Fancave staff too and show our
appreciation for all they have done and talk in a more laid back environment. While at Lucky Strike, I had a
conversation with Danny, one of the other finalists, about how this has been
one experience that we will never be able to express our gratitude for no
matter how hard we try. True
story!! After Lucky Strike all 30
of us hung out at the hotel, gave each other pep talks and agreed that we left
it all on the table… and that at the end of the day regardless of what happens,
have friends in multiple cities to bond over baseball with.
This morning after a very little bit of sleep, I packed my
stuff and headed to breakfast to say as many goodbyes as I could then took off
for the airport. Those of us on
9:55 flights had one last pow-wow in the airport and here I sit in the middle
seat heading back to Boston. I
have had a great last week off of work; got to see my family, two adorable
nephews, go on a trip to Arizona and live in a baseball bubble for three
days. So, going back to reality
only seems fair. I now just wait
to hear back from the Fancave and in the mean time get to tell my stories to
all my family and friends reminding myself of the important things in life that
I am so thankful for.
I appreciate everyone who has supported me in this Fancave
adventure. You are all amazing and
I know you will continue to support me regardless if I am sitting in the
Fancave on opening day, or on my couch.
Either way, T minus 38 days until opening day!! Woohoo!
Also, if you want a chuckle, check out the video posted of
our parody of a Les Mis song that we made on Tuesday at Chase Field. Pretty hilarious!!
http://mlbfancave.mlb.com/fancave/video.jsp?content_id=25607055&topic_id=19224580&fbid=AQDEAGJ4TTw
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