Craziness

I was working tonight at my Rec Center Pool. It had fallen upon me to train a new hire in the ways of Ellis and Associates (Lifeguard Company). The training is really a pre-skills class. If we have a guard hired that is certified with another company aka Red Cross, we want to make sure that the said lifeguard can work with us in the 30 days before he/ she takes the official Ellis Class. Blah Blah I am rambling anyway...

Right as we were getting started some of our normal guards came up to me saying that we had a girl in the first aid room that couldn't breathe. That made for an interesting next 20 min. I got oxygen on the girl (Teenager) and waited for the paramedics to arrive. While waiting my bosses boss shows up and joins me in treating this young lady. This was a wonderful thing because he is a full EMT.

This boss has in the past been rather critical with me, not in a harsh way but a constructive way. But tonight was different, nothing critical was said to me and I was not corrected for anything I did. It felt so good to be trusted so much by the guards that they came to me, and also that my uber-visor didn't seem to think I did anything incorrectly.

When the EMS personnel arrived and took over I was able to leave the situation in their very capable hands and get back to training our new hire. The next hour and a half or so was filled with some good training, actually my first real teaching experience as an instructor with the agency (as opposed to in-service training sessions).

I left, called my best friend and had a good conversation with him for 15 to 20 min, then ate dinner. I proceeded to get some homework done for class, and see what I have left to do in my application for George Mason University. After that, I was able to clean my room up and remove some general clutter. I am now just about ready for bed and emptying my mind so that I can fall asleep.

OH yeah I also bought a few songs on iTunes, Taylor Swift and Chris Tomlin! Makes for good background music as I get work done!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!