Speechless?!?
Yes, I think for the first time in my life I have been speechless the
past two days. Or maybe I have
just been unable to organize my thoughts enough to put them into words. Whatever the case, these past two weeks
have been a whirlwind that I would sign up to live through again and
again. Two weeks ago I was
in jury duty when I found out I was in the top 50 finalists for the MLB
Fancave. Since that day, let me
summarize what has occurred. I
have worked 5 night shifts, one of which was a 16 hour shift into a day shift, worked
5 day shifts, served three days of jury duty, got buried in a blizzard, drove
through it to work, spent endless hours campaigning myself into the MLB Fancave
top 30 finalist, celebrated a birthday, lived, breathed and dreamt baseball
(not that much sleep has occurred).
So, now as I sit in my Jetblue seat with a broken TV, I am
taking a deep breath to try and put my thoughts into words. First off, I am overwhelmed thinking
about the amount of people who have done amazing things for me in the past two
weeks. Friends, friends of
friends, The Phillies organization, The MLB Fancave, my family, people I
haven’t talked to in years, people I have never met have all been a part of
this journey with me. I am so
thankful to have all this support as I am in the midst of living out a lifelong
dream to work in the world of sports.
I would have never dreamed of getting a package in the mail from the
Phillies with a personalized jersey, or being promoted on The Phillies Facebook
page or twitter feed. And now I am
sitting on a plane with a suitcase packed full of Phillies gear, and of course
great jeans and fun shoes, in preparation for Spring Training in Arizona with
the MLB Fancave and other 29 finalists.
Many friends who are on the brink of loving baseball as they
live through this experience with me, want to know what is next. All I know is that I will spend three
days in Arizona doing a lot of work, while having a blast with 29 new friends who
I know as ‘@.....’ via our two week old twitter relationships bonding over our
love of baseball. It is now up to
me being myself, to get into that Fancave to represent the Phillies, and finish
out the rest of this dream.
The 30 of us will work together to figure out who the ideal cave
dwellers will be for the 2013 season to represent the fans of baseball in the
MLB Fancave in NYC. I have my
computer, my iphone, itouch, etc. with me, and will be updating everyone from Arizona
via Twitter, Youtube, Facebook… all things social media.
I have felt a full range of emotions from elated, to
anxious, to overwhelmed, to beyond grateful, to exhausted, to proud, to pure
excitement over the past two weeks.
I get to spend the next three days with my family who are the best
support system I could ask for.
They allow me to pursue my dreams.
I get to see the two little faces that make me smile most in my
nephews. And when Monday comes, I
head out to Arizona to spend three days ‘everything baseball’. I can’t remember a time I felt this
content. And no matter what
happens from here, I will have no regrets.
Now, Phillies fans and baseball fans (wait, aren’t they the
same thing), LET’S DO THIS!! I
love The Phillies and the game of baseball even more today than I did
yesterday!! And I want you to as
well. #PutChristineInTheCave #MLBFC30
-CL
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