Timberwolves Game

Last night, I came to cover the end of Ben Sullivan's shift. He was scheduled to work from 1 to 8 p.m. but needed to leave early to drive to Tulsa. Being the wonderful employee that I am, I offered to come in until 9 to help with the game despite having recovered from the flu all week long.

I was at station 212 doing facial tattoos and blue hair dye for the children when I realized that somebody had scheduled me to work from 6 to 10 without verifying with me first. I was upset, but I told Jasmine I would be willing to stay if she needed me. Sensing my irritation at not being asked, she said if I could stay until 9 she would appreciate it.

The original plan was to get off at 8 and watch the game with my new love interest, so it turned out to be a good thing that I worked until 9 because the boy never called or texted me. At the end of my shift, I ignored a drunk text from a friend at the game and went directly home to my loving dog and family. Overall, a good night. Thunder beat the Timberwolves, and my love life went from being strangely positive back to normal.

Oh, the fun of being a Thunder intern! There's nothing better than putting facial tattoos on children ages 3 to 12...

Last week of January

Oh, a week in the life of a Thunder intern... I was unfortunately snowed in and couldn't make it to one game this week.. of which only five of us interns actually made it in to help out. From what I hear, it was a bad game to miss because of the free beanie hats giveaway that night.

On Wednesday, I worked the doors and then went home. Working the doors means that I go to one of the entrance areas (called the Northeast doors and Northwest doors) and hand out game programs, which are free programs about the game, to the guests/fans. On this night, I worked at the busiest doors, the one by the Will Call desk. Unfortunately, I can never recall which entrance is which, so I just rely on the pointing of fingers and yelling of voices to lead me in the right direction, but if I am guessing correctly, I was at the Northwest doors that night.

Last night, I was at the other side entrance. Before that, I helped set up balloons at the designated stations for the kiddos, and I also was in charge of stocking up the entrance tables with signs, banners, and game night programs for the guests. Did I mention I met a rather attractive boy on my way inside the building? His name was Josh, and he was quite the looker. He is a personal assistant for one of the Thunder's co-owners.

After setting up and prior to clocking out for the night, I went to section 306 and 322 to relieve my coworkers for a "quick break." The boy took a decent break. My female friend, on the other hand, disappeared on me for an hour. I got an extra hour of pay though, so I didn't say anything!

On my way to clock out, I ran into a friend that I have met during my time with the Thunder... he invited me to watch the game with him, so I returned after clocking out to watch third quarter of the game. Not a bad night overall. I got a date, some money for my efforts, and I met some nice people.