Rockies Baby!

Hey everyone well I can’t believe that it’s already! Well this week at work was more report writing which I’m getting really close to having number one of three done. I decided to tackle the biggest one first since it was two different companies until they merged in 2001. So my parents are in town, I know my mom just left this last Sunday and she is back already. They came down last night which would have been Thursday. Tomorrow night I’m going to take them to a Rockies game, which should be really fun since they have never been to a MLB game and it will only be my second one. Well on Wednesday Mike took me to my first Rockies game ever. It was so freaking sweet, going to pro sports I really don’t care what sport it is.
Baseball games are really fun to go to because of the laid back atmosphere in the stadium. The Rockies played the Diamondbacks when I went and tomorrow night they will be play the Dodgers so I will be able to see Manny Ramirez, which will be sweet since he is a more famous player. Then what I’m really excited for is when April comes down, one week from TODAY. We have some big plans for her trip down here; first of all we are going to skydiving indoors. I was watching the videos for it and it looks freaking SAWEET. Then we will be going to the Denver Zoo since April loves animals and I like zoos.
Then we are going to dinner with Mike and his fiancé at some awesome place where they have all you can eat meat (LOL). Mike told me it costs around $30 a person to eat but you never ever leave hungry and it’s the best meat he as ever had I his life. So one last thought that I would like to leave with you all, the light rail here in Denver is so much fun to ride. The light rail is the public form of transportation in Denver; it’s like the subway but above ground.
Mike and I rode it to and from the Rockies game and it only was $7 for the round trip. I like ridding it mostly because I can people watch, which is so freaking fun to do and also to talk with random people. Well everyone these are some pictures from the Rockies game I went to last Wednesday. Have a good weekend.

TGIF!!!!!

To start out this morning’s blog I thought I would say HAPPY FRIDAY! So this was my first week of work and it’s almost complete. Newmont is a sweet company to work for; they pay really well and also treat you like family. So this week in recap, on Tuesday we had our company softball game and we won by the way, I played short stop and it seemed like every ball was hit right to me. So I played baseball growing up but I stopped playing in around 6th grade and it seemed to come back to me just fine. Well work has been going really good I have four different projects that I’m working on. One of them is to develop an inventory list of our machinery and call the vendors and get quotes, find the expected life of the machine and take all their contact info so when Newmont goes and buys the machines it will be easy for them. Also one other project I’m working on is an executive summary of BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo American on what acquisitions and mergers these companies have had since the mid 1970s. Then to add to the report I need to add all of the patents these companies hold from the last thirty years. This may seem boring but actually it’s really interesting to learn about the top players in the mining world. So it’s Friday if you all haven’t noticed and I cant wait to see what Denver has to offer for a night life, since during the week I don’t do anything but work workout and sleep. I think Tyler and I are going to catch the light rail to 16th street, which is down town. Then next we I’m going to go to a couple Rockies games, since I have never been to a MLB game. Well everyone I’ll snap some pictures this weekend I hope you all had a great week and TGIF……… This picture is of my office here at Newmont, it's legit, I even have a window.

First Couple Days!!!!!!

Wow everyone what an internship I have at Newmont. Today was only my first day and I already had a blast, this summer is going to be the best EVER. So to start out, my room is crazy sweet, it has a flat screen TV, king size bed and full kitchen. I was a little skeptical about the hotel at first, I didn’t know if they were going to give the interns the small rooms or something. But know, I don’t think so I have my own room and also have a pull out couch. So work today was orientation from 8 till around noon and then we went over to our work and I got a little more orientation then got to take off for the gym. So I’m working out at the Colorado Athletic Club, this place is huge. So when I say huge I mean freakin huge. It has everything basketball, weights, cardio, racquetball, tennis, swimming pools, restaurant, and then in the locker room there is free shampoo and conditioner in the showers. Also there’s flat screen TV’s everywhere, even in the locker room. Then the spa area in the locker room has the biggest hot tub that I have ever seen, also a wet sauna and dry sauna. This place has it all (LOL)……Well everyone I will check back in later and let you know how work is going………

Denver Here I Come!!!!!

Well everyone, my junior year is coming to an end. It seems just like yesterday my parents were helping me move into the dorms and my first year of football started. I only have two finals tomorrow, and then I will have it all wrapped up and another successful year checked off. I couldn’t believe that I already signed up for my senior year of college; gosh how time flies. I will have a hefty load of twenty three credits this coming fall semester, which is a lot to take during football, but one class I will be taking is an internship class which I will have completed this summer, and then another class is on-line and should be really easy. So I leave for Denver on Friday, and my mom is riding down with me so she can see her best friend who lives in Denver, and then she will fly back. I’m pretty much all packed up and have just been doing some cleaning around my house so I can come back this fall to a clean house.
So I will be staying at the Staybridge Suites, and when I was checking out their website, the rooms look really nice and legit. This place has free breakfast every morning, and I heard that three days a week they have free dinner. So I really only have to pay for my own lunches every day, and I’ll probably pack my lunch to work every day like I did last summer at MDT. So I have a new girlfriend everyone, and her name is April. We have been dating for a little over three months and she is from Helena. I went to high school with her at Helena High. I thought I would tell you all about her since I’m sure I will be talking about her in future blogs. So as some of you may have known, I have been serving on the basketball search committee. We had 90 applicants and had narrowed down that pool to ten applicants that we phone interviewed. Then we had chosen three to bring in to Butte for interviews. I liked all three applicants a lot but really liked Aaron Woliczko who we decided to choose and who I think will help rebuild our basketball program and lead us to a conference championship. I think he will bring what we need to Tech basketball. With our basketball program having been in the dumps since I’ve been at Tech, I hope this fresh blood will be good. Well everyone, my next blog will be coming from Denver, Colorado. Have a good week and students study hard!!!!!