End of the Week?

Hey! So, went into work this morning, and I was looking forward to today as the weather forecast called for maybe some sun in the Boston sky for the first time in a while! I got to work at 6 AM, and first I "nailed" the infield. This is the process of dragging a tool with many thick, heavy nails to help break up loose material on the surface of the skin. Then, excess turface on the skin was scraped and removed so that we could work on the soil component of the skin. The skin was tilled up, and new Nardone skin mix was applied to the surface. The surface of the infield was then leveled out using a laser grader and after this, a thin layer of red turface was applied back to the surface of the skin. Over the course of 10-11 hours at Fenway Park, we went from a skin that was full of wet, old turface and bad Nardone to a brand new infield, just in time for the second half of the season. The best news is, I'm off until Saturday night/Sunday morning at 1 AM, so it's time to enjoy the next 2 days off!

After work and eating dinner with my roommate, I rode the subway from Fenway out to Cambridge to meet up with my friend and future NC State roommate, Jim. Jim has been at a Harvard Business School MBA Seminar all week, and we had time to get together tonight to catch up and enjoy having a familiar friend in Boston. He showed me around the business school, which is beautiful, by the way, and then we walked through Harvard Square and that area of Cambridge. After hanging out for a little while I came back to my side of Boston, and ever since I've just been flipping through the channels, trying to follow the NBA draft while also following the news about Michael Jackson. I really liked his music, and as crazy as many people believe him to have become, he very well could be the best entertainer of all time. You da man MJ.

Alright, well, I'm off for the night, hope everyone is doing well. I'll be back tomorrow. GEAUX NEW ORLEANS HORNETS, nice trade for LSU's Thornton!