I'm OFFICIALLY a Lifeguard!! :D

me.

Over the summer I began to feel these little nudges telling me: "you LOVE the water, you should be a lifeguard," "you miss swimming so much, you should convert your water skills into some kind of a job," "you LOVE children, you LOVE the water and children+water=swim instructor...why not??"

I ended up finding a swimming instructor position at a pool not too far from my house. The job was mine as long as I got my lifeguard certification. So I spent a four-day weekend in a grueling/exhilarating lifeguard certification class. As luck would have it, I have yet to "connect" with the pool about starting swim instructor position. In the meantime, I found a gym which needed another lifeguard. I signed on with them. It turns out it was a good idea! :)

Lovely people. Nice free gym membership. Fewer hours, allowing time for my music. And I get to smell chlorine every day I work. Does life get better than sitting by a pool while you smile encouragingly at people?? (Wow! That doesn't sound creepy?! :P)