Fill 'er up!

Matt drove my car yesterday while running errands with me.  Micah drove my car last night to youth group.  But it wasn't until this morning, when the air temperature - not including the wind chill! - was a lovely -11*F that anyone bothered to say, "Mom, your car is out of gas!"  Oh, thank you for telling me! My question is - why was it only women at the gas station this morning?

Rescue Me!

While Matt was lifeguarding Sunday night, a father came in with little twin daughters.  He was talking to one with his back turned to the other - and the other jumped in!  Unfortunately, she couldn't swim and she was in water over her head.  Matt to the rescue!  He said it wasn't bad except for the fact that he had to spend the rest of his shift in wet trunks!

One Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-eight!

No, friends, that is not the number of laps I've swum - I'm far beyond that!  

That is the number of pictures I took yesterday while my phone was in my back pocket!  And they all look exactly like the one on the left.

A Weekend's Worth . . .

After working at either an outdoor pool or lake for one year in Iowa, three years in Colorado and four years in Minnesota, along with countless hours "working on my tan", I am pleased to say the dermatologist found only one possible sign of skin cancer Friday afternoon.  They took a biopsy and I'll get the results back this week.  She was fairly sure that if it was anything, it was basal cell carcinoma, the easiest to treat.  To God be the glory!  

Fast forward to Saturday where I had a full schedule at ISD 196.  I started off teaching CPR for the Lay Rescuer.  I had one hour to do it, but it was a new curriculum and the new curriculum did not fit in to the old time schedule.  So my hour became an hour and fifteen minutes which would have been fine, but I had a First Aid Class that should have started fifteen minutes earlier.  Since it was that new curriculum, we barely got started in First Aid and I had to teach CPR for the Professional Rescuer.  Fortunately, my First Aid class was also in my CPR-PR class, so off we ran!  We were almost done with the PR class (I had one lady still taking the written test) so we went back to First Aid.  I took time out to correct the PR test, finished First Aid and then taught Emergency Oxygen Administration.  And then I went home and collapsed - after cleaning all the manikins!

Later Saturday afternoon, Matt sent me a text from work.  A friend in Mankato had been in a car accident and was in the hospital.  Matt wanted to go see him.  Being good parents who knew the weather report, we had him come home and get a coat, hat and mittens as well as something to eat before he left.  Matt had no idea what kind of shape his friend was in.  The car he was in had been t-boned and he was sitting on the passenger side that got hit.  Not know what Matt would see, I wanted to make sure he was prepared for the worst.  He just looked at me and laughed.  "Mom, there was another emergency in the pool today.  The lifeguards didn't know what to do.  Instead of pushing the emergency button to call the front desk (where he was working), they used the walkie talkies to ask us to call 911.  I went back there, and the lifeguards didn't even know what to do.  It was a heat emergency.  I cracked a couple of ice packs and put them on the guy and waited for EMS to arrive."  Okay, Matt - drive safe!  And the good news - his friend will be fine - bruising and a concussion.      

Thankful Thursday!

On this particular Thursday, I am thankful time moved slow.  I finished cleaning the kitchen and I still had a half an hour before I had to leave for work!  I actually checked two other clocks to make sure the time was right.  I was able to clean two more bathrooms and brush my teeth.

I got to the Y and started swimming.  I had four conversations in my first two miles and looked at the clock.  I still had time to put in another half a mile.  Time was moving slow.  It was great! 

I started my Thursday class and time not only went slow, I think it went backwards.  I have three different clocks to look at when I'm in the water and I swear none of them were moving!  

I thank God for what I was able to accomplish this morning.  Maybe, just maybe, it wasn't that time was moving slow, but that I was actually moving fast!

Rajo

Thankful Thursday!

Today I am thankful for my daughter, Micah, who came home from youth group last night all a-smile!  "Mom, we had the best time ever!  I laughed so hard.  It was great!"  I'm also thankful that she is helping me make Christmas presents this year.  Her letter painting is far better than mine!