These pictures are of objects all too familiar to me this time of year. From September to March of last year and this year, I have worked the jumbotron at the University of Northern Iowa. I get to sit in a little cement room in between the Dome and the McLeod Center, and push buttons that decide what you see on the giant screen for basketball, volleyball, and football. Occasionally wrestling, but that sport is just beyond my mental grasp of "fun."
My crew is awesome. A good bunch of kids interning or working for class credit. Some of them truly take the cake with their hilarious stories and antics. A few others need to break out of their shells! I don't bite...I promise! Although I am sure they are just trying to focus on the court or field....right? Riiigghhhttt.
It might take up all my weekends for a good six months, but it is something I really enjoy doing, despite it involving sports, not something I usually am into. Not that I really have to watch the games though, in fact, there are games where I will get in the car afterwards and I will have no idea who won or by how much. I just have other stuff to be thinking about during the game. Oops!
As of tomorrow, my third season of UNI Athletics will be over. As much as I love it, especially the people, I am ready for the break. Since the last week of August, I have had three weekends that didn't have a single game. Otherwise, I have been in my mini tomb callin the replays and lovely shots. Basketball ends it tomorrow, unfortunately with a women's game (men are already down at MVC tourney). Which means a total of about 300 people (versus the mens average of 6000). Aka, ZERO energy. But then I am free! FREE!!!!
