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It’s the butterflies in my stomach that get me every time
By adriana_acosta in To venus and back
May 18, 2011

For the last few weeks, I have dedicated my Thursdays to driving to the Victoria Advocate. Ever since I became general manager, I have been attending meetings, training sessions and having one-on-one meetings with my boss – who is the editor of the Victoria Advocate. I even got to give my own training session to some of the reporters at the Advocate last week!

I’d like to think all that I am gaining from my visits to the Advocate will help the Matagorda Advocate grow to become a better newspaper.

I have always loved the freedom of getting in my car and just driving off to wherever I want. Especially now that I have my new car, my parents don’t have to worry about my car having engine problems and they can relax. (The other worry they have is me, single, in a city away from family…but that’s a story for another column.) Anyway, driving relaxes me; it allows me to clear my head. I know, some would rather sleep or watch television, but I don’t know what it is about the open road that attracts me to the endless flow of asphalt.

Once I arrive in Victoria and turn on Constitution Street, I start to get butterflies in my stomach. That’s the feeling that I get when I am approaching a place that I appreciate and admire. A local newspaper in operation for 165 years, and I am working for them – that’s just an amazing feeling.

And when I walk into the building I begin to get nervous. It’s like I am a little fish in a big fish bowl. What do I do? How do I act? It is funny that I feel that way because every time I walk in many smiling faces greet me. People that I see only once a week, act like they see me everyday. It is their welcome that keeps me coming back.

It is with the support of the daily newspaper that I know things will only get better for us, the Matagorda Advocate.

Four months from now, when the Matagorda Advocate is celebrating 15 years of operation; it will be a great feeling of joy and pride. It is knowing I am part of a newspaper’s history, not only as a writer, photographer, editor, but as a manager of this paper.

I would like to think that 50 years from now, whoever the editor of this newspaper will be, will look back in appreciation for what we are trying to do with this newspaper.

The loyalty of our readers is a testament that we are here to stay for many years to come.

So when you see me running around the county, covering endless events, writing away or taking photographs – remember this: I love this newspaper.