The 32 year old monster!

Wow back in the lower mainland and what awaits me but...re-certifying my lifeguard award. Not only re-certifying but I actually have to take the whole course over again. Interesting?...I think not, as you are thrust from the seemingly normal thirty something life (yah maybe its not so normal) into the life of 16-18 year olds trying to get their first job!

Now do you think I attack this program with restraint, self confidence and maturity...NOT! No, instead I try to kill myself competing in timed swims and picking up weights and saving a person single handedly without my buddy, because there is no way any teenager is going to beat me! Stupid, stupid Kim!!!! I swear I couldn't move for the next two days after the weekend as I was using muscles I forgot I had!

The best thing about the weekend was the comments that sprung up out of the blue from these lifeguards of the future:

1. "Excuse me what does your necklace mean?" says a young man pointing to my medic alert (remember he is training to be a lifeguard I am hoping this would be self explanatory). I reply "It means I am a diabetic" His face goes to total horror (diabetes is really not that bad) and he apologizes "I am SOO Sorry!" "That's ok I have been one for 22 years its not a problem" More horror on his face as I can see him beginning to calculate how old I must be You can never win.
2. "Nice swim professional lady, Way to go!" Should I be insulted or complimented by this, still confused.
3. "How come you are here? do you work here?" Good questions that I want answered myself but hey the company is paying so who am I to argue!
4. "You mean we are supposed to hide the yellow paddles as we are swimming and not look directly at them so they can see we are a victim?" To understand this you have to know that we were practicing scanning the water for potential victims. We were the victims each given a yellow paddle to put up in front of our face for three seconds so that the guard team could practice catching sight of us in a regular pool setting. SMRT! says it all!

On the whole a good bunch of kids, unlucky for them that they have the 32 year old monstor who has been a guard for 17 years sharing a class with them. Those poor unfortunate souls!