Hi there,
I have moved the location of the blog. I will now be blogging on www.gogaelsgo.com. hope that you will check me out there!
Kelly
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Dec. 24, 2009-The road to 2010 begins!
Yes, that is very cliche!
Well I guess it is really happening....I'm going to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics!
I will give you the background of how this all happened for me...
In July, Nicole Clarke, a former Home Event assistant of mine, emailed me to see if I might be able/interested in working at the Olympics! Nicole had taken a leave of absence from her job at Athletics Canada to be a deputy event venue manager for Vancouver 2010. Vanoc was looking for people with experience that would be able to leave work for a few weeks to share their expertise with the organization of the games.
Seriously!?! Those of you who know me well, know that I love the olympics, so I thought about that offer for a few minutes, talked to the family to make sure they were on board and sent in my resume. I thought that I would refrain from bringing it up at work until there was something to present them with.
The fall flew by and I almost forgot about my application. The Gaels were having an awesome football season, so I was distracted. The day after the Yates Cup I got a call for an interview, and then the day before the Vanier Cup, I was offered a position with Event Services. Luckily Queen's won the Vanier so my supervisors were in a good mood and agreed to let me leave work for the month of February. ;)
So the month of decemeber I spent getting a place together in Vancouver (thanks Mullholland's), and booking my flights. Still I did not know exactly what I was going to be doing. I knew that I was going to be in Vancouver. I really did not care where I would be, even curling! I actually like curling though.
Yesterday, it was official, I received confirmation of my posting for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics! I am going to be an Event services supervisor at Britannia Place, the training centre for men's and women's hockey!
I haven't received a lot of details about what I will be doing yet, but I assume that this position will be making sure that the facility is ready for the teams and the media. Sounds like fun! I also got scheduled to pick up my uniform and accrediation on on Feb.1 So even if I am not sure what I will be doing I will be able to get in the venue and look good doing it!
I will be updating this blog (hopefully with shorter posts) as the olympics gets closer as well as while I am there. Please feel free to reply to me here.
Well I guess it is really happening....I'm going to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics!
I will give you the background of how this all happened for me...
In July, Nicole Clarke, a former Home Event assistant of mine, emailed me to see if I might be able/interested in working at the Olympics! Nicole had taken a leave of absence from her job at Athletics Canada to be a deputy event venue manager for Vancouver 2010. Vanoc was looking for people with experience that would be able to leave work for a few weeks to share their expertise with the organization of the games.
Seriously!?! Those of you who know me well, know that I love the olympics, so I thought about that offer for a few minutes, talked to the family to make sure they were on board and sent in my resume. I thought that I would refrain from bringing it up at work until there was something to present them with.
The fall flew by and I almost forgot about my application. The Gaels were having an awesome football season, so I was distracted. The day after the Yates Cup I got a call for an interview, and then the day before the Vanier Cup, I was offered a position with Event Services. Luckily Queen's won the Vanier so my supervisors were in a good mood and agreed to let me leave work for the month of February. ;)
So the month of decemeber I spent getting a place together in Vancouver (thanks Mullholland's), and booking my flights. Still I did not know exactly what I was going to be doing. I knew that I was going to be in Vancouver. I really did not care where I would be, even curling! I actually like curling though.
Yesterday, it was official, I received confirmation of my posting for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics! I am going to be an Event services supervisor at Britannia Place, the training centre for men's and women's hockey!
I haven't received a lot of details about what I will be doing yet, but I assume that this position will be making sure that the facility is ready for the teams and the media. Sounds like fun! I also got scheduled to pick up my uniform and accrediation on on Feb.1 So even if I am not sure what I will be doing I will be able to get in the venue and look good doing it!
I will be updating this blog (hopefully with shorter posts) as the olympics gets closer as well as while I am there. Please feel free to reply to me here.
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