DAY 5: 30 DAY CHALLENGE

I guess I just like this time period more than anything in the world. But to represent the ages of 2-6 (which hold most of my favorite memories, believe it or not), I am posting a picture of me riding my first bike at the age of barely 3. I kept that bike until I turned 10, so i got some pretty good use out of it.

DAY 2: 30 DAY CHALLENGE

This is the person who knows me inside and out. She is my person. She is my mom. And it took me all of 18 years to realize that she’s also my best friend, closest confidante, and greatest supporter. I am closest to my mom right now… and I hope that we will stay forever close.

-Girl Beyond the Baby Rise

DAY 1: 30 DAY CHALLENGE

1. My dream is to work for NASA one day. And my life revolves around my dream.
2. The people who are closest to me-- are my family. They are my BACKBONE.
3. I am ‘down’ with my religion: Christian-Catholic. Faith keeps me going.
4. I write. A TON. I have several blogs, journals, etc.
5. My favorite comfort foods are: Bananas, Coke Zero, Tortellini, & of course, BUBBLE TEA.
6. I love Sarah Palin. Not as a presidential pick… but as a very natural entertainer. She makes me laugh. ☺
7. I was a swimmer for nine years and did double practices (5:50am-7:45am and 5-7pm).
8. I want to get my pilot’s license while in college next year at the University of Kansas.
9. I have a smallish dog named Lily who makes everything better when I’m sad.
10. I really want to become a mother in the future and have two, twin, blond, boys.
11. I am a library rat. I hang out there all the time, go to conferences, and some of my closest friends are librarians. But I HATE reading… but HATE isn’t even a strong enough word.
12. I wear the colors grey, navy blue, and black a lot because it is what I look best in.
13. I could live at O’Hare airport. It is one of my favorite places to be.
14. I can only take the city in small doses or I get really overwhelmed.
15. I micro-manage and organize my life in lists lists and more lists.

-Girl Beyond the 101 Rise

Questions from a Dry Observer

The 5 Ws of my new job as a lifeguard at the YMCA

1. Why do adults who cannot swim take a class entitled "Deep Water"?
2. Why do swimmers live and die by split lane swimming instead of circle swimming?
3. How many noodles does it take to keep a 4 yr old afloat? Certainly not 10...
4. When is it ok to curse out the person who is there to make sure that you are safe?
5. What type of person gets up at 4am to jump into a pool of water with strangers?
6. When is it ok not to have essential life-saving equipment in the pool area?
7. Where do the supervisors hide?
8. What happens when nobody comes to relieve you for 2 hours?
9. How many lifeguards does it take to save a life?
10. What is proper pool etiquette?

Answers:

1. Because the music is good and they want to sing along karaoke style to the oldies.
2. Because common sense is only for the swim team.
3. Apparently all of the noodles in the facility aren't enough for this squirt.
4. According to patrons, any time will do. They are 'entitled'.
5. Monsters.
6. Always. Lifeguards wouldn't know where to find equipment even if it were there.
7. Some type of unknown, un-introduced break room.
8. You stand or sit in the pool area and pray to God somebody shows up eventually.
9. Unclear. All lifeguards have 'passed' the test but are never tested.
10. Come late-- leave early. Take breaks at all costs- screw the rotation.

I need to get back to NASA-- NASA pack will be my summer project. Instructing starts next week. Can't wait.

Until the summer job picks up,
Pool Girl Beyond Some Kind Of Rise