Again, it's been a while, eh? Like I said before...life happens..and my parents have dial up so it makes life happen even slower than normal. Today was like a roller coaster. Geez. I wish I had been warned when I woke up this morning...I'll tell you all about it.
I read my book today. It was about a woman who is a Navy pilot [that will be me soon enough] and she falls in love with an Air Force pararescue jumper. AND they both love Jesus. Oh it's so beautiful. It's called True Devotion by Dee Henderson. She has other books too. One was about a Navy SEAL. Oh it was beautiful too. I got about 20 pages from the end and had to start getting ready for lifeguard class [which I've recently decided is the bane of my existence but my mother won't let me quit because I'm not a quitter.]
Then...here's where it gets good and slightly confusing so hang on. So I'm about halfway to the country club where this class is being held when I realize they've moved it. Yes, I had forgotten the instructor had said it'd be at the YMCA from now on. So I start calling everyone I know that could possibly tell me where the YMCA is located and none of them can. Then I think of people who are home so they can google it. And my darling friend Ali came to mind. So she got me the address. I went to the country club just in case I had heard wrong. No one there. So I kept on going down the road I'd originally been traveling. I got to a point where I thought "surely it's not past here" so I turned around to ask for directions. I walked into Smoothie King and the kind young lady behind the counter was more than happy to assist me. She started giving directions then stopped and said "wait, do you want the one on Maryland Way or the one on Concord?" I gave her a blank look and thought "well since the address Ali had given me had Concord in it I should choose that one." So I did and she gave me directions and sure enough it was farther than I thought it would be. Well on top of the added distance [mind you, I'm supposed to be there at 5:30 and it's now about 5:45] it was rush hour and people in that place are CRAAAZY!! I'm not even kidding! So I get there probably around 6. I go in and ask the guy at the desk where the lifeguard class is, we'll call him Chuck. So Chuck says look in the 2nd door on the right. So I go down the hall. What the heck!?? There is no 2nd door on the right..so I go down the hallway on the right that's past the 1st door..nothing but lockerrooms. So I come back to the front and tell Randall [that's the other guy's made up name] that I didn't see them and then I ask him if he could give me directions to the other YMCA so he says sure. Then stops and asks if I'd like him to call over there to make sure they're having the class and I say yea that'd be great. So he does. They put him on hold for like 5 minutes. So he hangs up and tells me he doesn't know what to tell me. And I said well can you just tell me how to get there and I'll figure it out? So he gives me directions. I leave. It takes about 20 minutes to get over there. Before I see the building I see a parking lot that says "YMCA parking/shuttle" and I think "UUUUH NO WAY am I waiting for a stickin shuttle!" So I think the building will be close...NOT. I get there and the parking lot is TINY!! TINY TINY TINY! So I go around it probably 5 times before a spot opens up. Great. I'm parked. I go in and say "can you tell me where the lifeguard class is?" and the guy, I'll call him Tad. Tad says "We don't have a lifeguard class here" and I said "excuse me?" and he said "there's not a lifeguard class here" and I said "The other Y told me to come over here because it wasn't there" and Tad said "hmm.." then he hollered at a woman, I'll call her Patty. Patty said "oh honey. They just called and said it is over there. The guy said that they sent a young woman over here because they thought it was here but it's really over there" and through clenched teeth I said "ok, thank you" So I walk out. Give up my parking spot to some stinky person driving a Jaguar [pronounce Yashwa according to Kevin Bacon in Beauty Shop. :)]. It takes me a shorter amount of time to get back because rush hour is now over. I get there and it's about 7...I'm an hour and a half late...great. So I walk up to Chuck and say "where is the lifeguard class now?" and he said "I think they're in the corner of the pool" and I say "thank you". So I see a sign that says entrance to the pool through the locker room. Ok. Find the locker room. Well. Easier said than done. I find the women's locker room [that was traumatizing] and I find doors to other rooms..like the sauna..and something else that I didn't know what it was..but no doors to the pool....great. So I leave that locker room, avoid the men's because I know it'll be more traumatizing, go in the family one. EUREKA! Entrance to the pool. I go through the door and my instructor sees me, smiles big, gives a wave and says "Sorry for the confusion!" he's a nice guy. I like him. He reminds me of one of my high school teachers that I really enjoyed. He's really laid back so I didn't get like a scolding or the cold shoulder or anything.
So I get my swim on. Geez it's hard when you're really tense. And the water in that pool is DISGUSTING. It's foggy and it tastes bad and it's warm. YUCK. I do my brick retrieval, it was hard bc I couldn't see the brick at the bottom because the water was gross. He didn't tell me that I failed so I assume I passed. I thought I was gonna drown in the process but I didn't. Yay.
Class lets out. Hallelujah. Dang. I forgot a towel...great
Randall is at the front desk [Chuck is gone, luckily, I didn't like him he was rude even if he did have more melanin than Randall] and he hollers at me and says "I'm really sorry about earlier" and I said it's alright. And he said "A few minutes after you left your instructor walked in and I was like CRAP!! [except he didn't say crap]" and I said "It's alright" So I walk to Bertha.
On the way I sent a friend a text because it's 5 months from his birthday today. So I told him happy 5 months until your birthday! And some other stuff. I didn't expect a reply at all because he's at army training [no, not basic, don't say that or he'll tell you what's up..trust me I made that mistake lol], I didn't know if he had his phone or if he could check so I was like well ok. He'll get it some day.
Then I called my friend Boogie. She needed to talk and it's been a while since we've talked. It was a good time.
I got home, finished my book. Oh it was BEAUTIFUL. Man oh man. I loved it sooo much. Then I was talking to my friend Ali and I got a text from my friend!! Yay. I was so glad it was short but I hadn't been expecting anything back. :) Yay. That truly made my night.
That's all I've got. It was a hectic afternoon/evening. Bah.
Until something else happens in my life...Goodnight Blog Friends.
Aw. But I really like Chuck.
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