Upon Further Review: Flying solo no easy task
Man, what a busy week I had. No golf, no relaxing around the pool — just work, work, work.
Several times a year, your friendly neighborhood sports department could use several extra hands — and last week was no exception.
Several leagues were busy finishing up their season or tournaments, and if that wasn’t enough, throw in a couple of camps and the McMinnville City Triathlon and my schedule was more than a little full.
Now I know I didn’t get around to everything that needed to be covered, but hopefully everyone understands.
See, I was a one-man crew last week as Mr. Nunley took some well-deserved time off. He was busy basking in the sun while lying in the cool waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rob and his family made their way down to the Sunshine State for a week of vacation, while I was hard at work trying to make sure the Southern Standard’s sports department remained on top of its game.
Now, I know I didn’t make everyone happy, but when you’re flying solo you can only do so much.
Like Rob said in his column last week, there’s more to the paper business than just going around taking a few pictures. I truly never understood how much work it takes to pull a paper together three times a week until four years ago, when I was fortunate enough to slip into the sports department.
I’ve worked at several different jobs and spent countless hours in the nursery business, and like many of you I didn’t realize just how much work being in the newspaper could be.
So the next time you wonder why one of us might not be where you think we should be, just remember it’s not all about being at the ballparks.
Sometimes there’s just too many things going on in a person’s life and finding a way to take a family trip is very difficult.
So this year I have decided to stay home and work around the house. I need to get those odd jobs done I’ve been putting off for over a year now.
And then again, maybe I’ll slip out of town for a few days in an undisclosed location for a few days of rest or even get in a couple of rounds of golf.
Which ever I decide to do, it’s still some time off and getting away from the office will only help my co-workers’ state of mind. Sometimes I’m not the best person to be crammed in a small office space with nine other people. So I don’t know if this vacation is going to help me or my co-workers more.
Hopefully when Rob is here minding the store by himself you will be as understanding to him as all of you were to me this past week.
Sure we would like to be at every game, but it just can’t happen. Someone is going to be left out and not be happy about it. But the main thing is that we try to make sure everyone gets some kind of coverage.
Our work is like a car dealer’s. You go out and provide the customer with all the details and do the best you can in selling the product, but you can’t make everyone happy — not every customer buys the car.