I finally completed the Instructor Course at the American Red Cross and passed! I even have to teach a class already on Sept. 14th! It sounds like it will be a little hectic the first few months trying to work with my park and the Red Cross to teach classes so that I can get fully certified, but we'll see how that goes. The entire purpose of ( Read more... )

Finally cooler weather is HERE! Okay, so most people are not excited about 81 degrees with 50% humidity, BUT when it has been 100 degrees with 100% humidity and a heat index of 105 and up, I'll take 81 any day ( Read more... )

Today is a little bit easier and better than the past two days, especially when it comes to Turbo (my turtle). At least people at work are pretty sympathetic and know that I really don't want to talk about it. There have been a few that simply want to keep asking question after question when they can tell that I'm not comfortable talking about it ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't already heard it through the grapevine, my pet turtle, Turbo, passed away over the weekend. She had been sick for the past couple of weeks and it seemed that no matter what the vet and I did, nothing was working. I guess it was just her time to go. At least I had 6 wonderful years with her. Now people will stop ( Read more... )

It's Friday and the day is half way over. And it took FOREVER to get this far! Ugh. At least I only have to work until 5:30 p.m. this evening. There is a light at the end of the tunnel! I work 7-5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Dayton Air Show. Hope to see some of you there! It's going to be hot though. 90 degrees and sunny and HUMID. Bad hair ( Read more... )

I am a little overwhelmed right now. Let me go into a little detail ( Read more... )

These past two weeks have been extremely CHAOTIC and exhausting. Where do I even begin ( Read more... )

I am on my sixth straight day of working and it is finally catching up to me. No matter what I do and when I go to bed, I+ get exhausted ( Read more... )

Sorry for the delay in new entries... I kinda forgot that I was supposed to write in this thing ( Read more... )

Sorry for the long lapse in entries ( Read more... )