Life guards, born to get wet trained to save lives

Welp,
I feel like I got run over by a truck, that is mostly because I spent Hours and Hours in the pool yesterday, about six to be  more to  point. I dont think I have spent that much time in the water since.... well ever.... I mean perhaps back in the day of summers spent in the pool eating ice cream and pretending to be on the swim team, but that at least fifteen yeas ago...
needless to say, I was not used to the effort I had to put in when it came to being in the water, however it was  easier then I  thought. The entire purpose of us and me being there was for us to get trained as lifeguards
the  title of todays post was a bumpersticker they had in the guard rooma t the local pool, I just had to laugh. I understand that for a lot of people lifeguarding is a big deal, for me its.... well anti clamatic
I mean these people train constantly on a very narrow skill set and if shit really hits the fan they have to do CPR, Being an EMT, Having had people die in front of my eyes, being the person that the lifeguars call when it hits the fan.... needless to say it all just felt strange to me, almost laughable
the swimming skills while a challange were not as hard as I thought it to be, and just because I am now a real deal american red cross lifeguard  dosent mean that i dont have a lot of room to imporve upon.....

I have the next few days off, although it dosent really feel like i have them off from work, I think that a lot of that is becasue of my lack of a car. I still do not have mine fixed and figured out. I am hoping that it will all be done and taken care of as of tonight, But I am not holding my breath on the account of knowing that this is a small town, and people who fix cars in small towns.... sorta do what they want, like drinking beer in their shop durning bussniess hours instead of fixing my car.... alas not a lot of options and this is a good chance for me to work on how I handle things that are out side of my control.

Later today, a few of my peers and I will be heading off to Jackson to pick up some of the fleet of vans that will be residing at SOAR for the summer. Like I said, while I do have some time of, It sure dosent always feel that way. I really dont mind, however this place feels very much like the sorta deal where you do your job and then still pitch in on time off.... Im fine with that. I have to admit that I like the work ethic of the people running this show, they seem to really bust butt to keep the ranch running as smooth as they can. I have to admit its a nice change from past employers who have not always had the same investment....


Today Leslie  moved out of her cabin up in Mccall. I have to admit, I think that i feel more sad about it then she does, i reall was in love with that little cabin in the woods by the lake. I Think it is mostly becasue it is something that represents what I want very badly. I am still working through that in my head.


thats my thoughts for now..... if off to oggle and drool over old western trucks, guns and dogs.... life is clearly hard

cheers
td