In the Summertime!!
I just love that song! If you don't know it you should look it up. It's now my ringtone.
"In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry
So school is finally out for the summer. Last Wednesday was the teachers' last day until August. It is so nice to get a break. I've been really busy since my last post. I actually have been taking a lifeguarding class at the "Y" downtown, and starting tomorrow will be teaching swimming lessons to all ages as well as lifeguarding.
Sometimes I felt kind of silly being the oldest person in the class (several of the others were a decade or more younger than me-can you believe that?), but I now feel like I've accomplished something. For the next 3 years, I will be certified as a lifeguard. That is definitely something I never thought I would be doing, but I've really enjoyed it. To give you an idea of what we had to go through--to pass you had to be able to swim 500 yards (100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breast stroke, 100 sidestroke, 100 your choice), get a 10 lb brick of the bottom of the pool, tread water for 5 minutes, swim the width of the pool staying on the bottom, rescue a passive drowning victim, active drowning victim (i.e. they fight you and roll you around in the water), a deep water spinal injury, and a shallow water spinal injury/putting someone on a backboard. I figured even though I was mostly with teenagers these skills will always be helpful to me. Especially after I have children. We also had to take a written test, and be CPR certified for adults, children and infants. It has been a long time since I've studied for a test. It felt weird. But I made it!! It might seem silly, but for me this was really stepping out of my comfort zone. I've always enjoyed swimming, and I've been doing it for longer that I can remember. This is different however. It's scary to think that a person's life could be in your hands.
I'm looking forward to starting lessons tomorrow. I believe the first class is a preschool one. They last for about 1 1/2 hours for 2 weeks, then we get in new groups. We even have some adults taking swimming lessons. I think they said 13 so far. Trust me that you definitely want your child in the water at a young age. Keeping them away only increases their fear when they finally get in. My class at Franklin (9 year olds) took lessons this April, and it amazed me how terrified some of them were to try to swim, yet they had no fear of getting into the water. They just didn't want to put their face in or lay on the water. They wanted to bounce around and play. Anyway, after 3 days of lessons several of them had improved alot, and one of the boys could probably make it as a swimmer in highschool/college if he kept it up. He was really fast.
Austin and I are looking forward to vacationing this summer. We're going with Ben and Melissa to Destin again. We'll have to take a bunch of pictures to post this time. If you've never been to Destin, you've really got to go. It is a beautiful place. White sand and emerald water. We don't leave until July, but I think all 4 of us have been counting the days. We get to stay a whole week this time so we'll either be really dark or really burned when we return. I'm looking forward to relaxing in the sun and eating a ton of great food!! They have some of the best restaurants there. Melissa said they were going parasailing, but I don't know if I'm brave enough for that. I'm just ready to go have some fun. Austin hasn't had a day off in weeks, so I know he is too. Every weekend he keeps getting called out, and if he tries to take a different day off, he just gets called in again. He's been really tired lately, and is looking for to some R&R.
Anyway, I just wanted to let ya'll know what's been happening with us lately. I'm still reading everyone's blogs. I just don't always have time to post.
**My cousin, Emily, just found out that she is pregnant!! I'm very happy for her, and wanted to let everyone know. See you guys!!
"In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry
So school is finally out for the summer. Last Wednesday was the teachers' last day until August. It is so nice to get a break. I've been really busy since my last post. I actually have been taking a lifeguarding class at the "Y" downtown, and starting tomorrow will be teaching swimming lessons to all ages as well as lifeguarding.
Sometimes I felt kind of silly being the oldest person in the class (several of the others were a decade or more younger than me-can you believe that?), but I now feel like I've accomplished something. For the next 3 years, I will be certified as a lifeguard. That is definitely something I never thought I would be doing, but I've really enjoyed it. To give you an idea of what we had to go through--to pass you had to be able to swim 500 yards (100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breast stroke, 100 sidestroke, 100 your choice), get a 10 lb brick of the bottom of the pool, tread water for 5 minutes, swim the width of the pool staying on the bottom, rescue a passive drowning victim, active drowning victim (i.e. they fight you and roll you around in the water), a deep water spinal injury, and a shallow water spinal injury/putting someone on a backboard. I figured even though I was mostly with teenagers these skills will always be helpful to me. Especially after I have children. We also had to take a written test, and be CPR certified for adults, children and infants. It has been a long time since I've studied for a test. It felt weird. But I made it!! It might seem silly, but for me this was really stepping out of my comfort zone. I've always enjoyed swimming, and I've been doing it for longer that I can remember. This is different however. It's scary to think that a person's life could be in your hands.
I'm looking forward to starting lessons tomorrow. I believe the first class is a preschool one. They last for about 1 1/2 hours for 2 weeks, then we get in new groups. We even have some adults taking swimming lessons. I think they said 13 so far. Trust me that you definitely want your child in the water at a young age. Keeping them away only increases their fear when they finally get in. My class at Franklin (9 year olds) took lessons this April, and it amazed me how terrified some of them were to try to swim, yet they had no fear of getting into the water. They just didn't want to put their face in or lay on the water. They wanted to bounce around and play. Anyway, after 3 days of lessons several of them had improved alot, and one of the boys could probably make it as a swimmer in highschool/college if he kept it up. He was really fast.
Austin and I are looking forward to vacationing this summer. We're going with Ben and Melissa to Destin again. We'll have to take a bunch of pictures to post this time. If you've never been to Destin, you've really got to go. It is a beautiful place. White sand and emerald water. We don't leave until July, but I think all 4 of us have been counting the days. We get to stay a whole week this time so we'll either be really dark or really burned when we return. I'm looking forward to relaxing in the sun and eating a ton of great food!! They have some of the best restaurants there. Melissa said they were going parasailing, but I don't know if I'm brave enough for that. I'm just ready to go have some fun. Austin hasn't had a day off in weeks, so I know he is too. Every weekend he keeps getting called out, and if he tries to take a different day off, he just gets called in again. He's been really tired lately, and is looking for to some R&R.
Anyway, I just wanted to let ya'll know what's been happening with us lately. I'm still reading everyone's blogs. I just don't always have time to post.
**My cousin, Emily, just found out that she is pregnant!! I'm very happy for her, and wanted to let everyone know. See you guys!!
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