No I haven't died and no I haven't stopped lifeguarding. I've been away for a little while, but now I'm back and am ready to share my bountiful stories with you all. So this past week has been hectic to the extreme. We had a national championship swim meet at my place of work and I worked a 45 hour week, no days of break. However, I did manage to find an incredibly attractive coach and a swimmer who could be the long lost twin of a guy I used to know (plus, he had the same name. Coincidence or creepy? You probably know my answer...). So, when you're working at a place where you get to watch a.) your favorite sport, b.) check out gratuitous amounts of attractive swimmers and c.) not sit for the majority of the shift, you get a fairly decent work week despite the long hours.
Last Monday, we had a huge storm and a tornado touched down in my hometown! Pretty incredible considering the fact that we never get catastrophic weather conditions and the last time tornado like symptoms even appeared was over fifteen years ago. This storm was not as intense at my workplace, but the electricity went out in the natatorium, so you guessed it, we had to guard for the most part in the dark. The situation was worse at home where our cable and eventually, our electricity went out. It was a glorious few days for yours truly and I had to go to my workplace to finish up some loose ends on my computer.
The week ended last night when I worked at my pool at home. Expecting it to be another horrible and gossipy shift at the neighborhood pool, I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that I didn't have to work with any of the people I disliked. Plus, no one came to the pool for two hours and we closed up early. It was a great shift and night.
Bring it on Monday!
