North Carolina Happenings

We are currently getting ready for the tournament. The greens are in "good" shape and we are working hard to get all the minor finishing touches on the course.
Starting next week we will be working from 2:45 or 3:00 am until dark. We will not be working the entire time, but we are required to stay at the course during the tournament.
The week after the tournament we are having the 5oth anniversary of the club and they want "tournament" conditions for the entire week. It probably is not a good idea to continue to maintain those turf conditions, but what the members want they get.

I Did it MOM!!!

I finally broke down after a lot of grief from mom and my roommate...

My Birthday

Well I turned 25 today. It has been a pretty good day. I had to work this morning and then when we were getting ready to leave they told us(me and my two house mates) that we needed to come back in at 2:00 to water some weak turf areas that were recently seeded. So the majority of my birthday will be spent at the golf course. Thank you everyone for the gifts and birthday wishes. Mom and Dad: I got your card, Mike and Judi: I got the cookies, Alison: I got the shirts... Christina and Lisa: I hope to get your card later today or Monday. Thanks again. I love all of you and miss you too!

A Quick Update

Well things are going well in North Carolina. I only worked 50 hours last week, but since the Master's is this week we have three weeks before our tournament. The "intern coordinator" cam over today for his weekly apartment check and he informed me that things were going to pick up very soon. I think he was right, because through 2 days, I already have worked 15 hours this pay period.
I enjoyed watching conference this weekend and am excited to listen/read the messages again soon. A great birthday gift would be the conference edition of the Ensign. I also could use some gift cards. There are a few things I need to get for the summer, so Wal-Mart or Target gift cards would be great.

Hope everyone is well and had a great Conference/Easter weekend

Work and My Address

Well work has been crazy. In 3 days I worked 33 hours. We all had been working too much so today we had a half day. The pay period ends today and I earned 39.5 hours.
Thus far my duties have included: spot spraying weeds in pine straw beds, mowing greens, mowing tees, walk mowing a fairway, mowing "2 pass" around the greens, spreading "starter" fertilizer around greens, and blowing grass clippings from the rough.
Yesterday as I was mowing the fairway, I spotted a disease, I think it was yellow patch, the boss said it is fusarium blight or pink snow mold. This was the first time I felt like my education was worth while.

My new address is: 1910 Sharon Oaks Lane Apt #304 Charlotte, North Carolina 28210

Home Sweet Home

I made it to Charlotte, NC at 12:30 this afternoon. I am living with Mike Stanton, one of the guys I went to Rutgers with. We live about one mile from the golf course in a really nice three bedroom apartment. I will be sharing a room with another guy, but for the time being I have my own room. We (Mike and I) start work tomorrow morning. The trip down from New Jersey to North Carolina was fairly uneventful. It was interesting to see the evidence of spring as I drove further south. Here in Charlotte some of the trees have bloomed, but for the most part the trees remain dormant. It is currently raining, but it is a nice, warm, spring rain.

Nice television, probably at least 32"

Nice kitchen, stocked with everything??? well at least a fridge full of beer...
Shared bedroom, my roommate is not here yet

Nice walk-in closet

Bathroom

Turf School Day Forty-Seven a.k.a FINALS WEEK-Day Four and Closing Celebration

Today was our last day of turf school. We had our construction, surveying, and soils exams. I feel that my studying last night and discussing concepts with Jeff paid off and I understood all the material we covered.

After our finals we had a luncheon and sat around talking and saying our farewells. It is going to be an exciting summer and it is going to be good to get together again in a year to discuss our various work experiences.

I am now headed off to Covington, Va!!!

I will post my grades as soon as I know how I did.