Winding Down...

Summer is winding down... its is not fair! I hate that summer is going so fast!! I have been working like a crazy person... no surprise there. 12 hours a day everyday.
$$$$ though :)
Well... I need to go print the schedule for work and then go back up there so I can teach Water Aerobics... BUSY!!!

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KG

What is love?.... and People Watching?

At my job I have a lot of time to people watch. Lets just say this pool is full of interesting people. We have given them names to protect their identity... and as a way to clarify who they are through out the summers haha
We have:

• Crazy Diving Board Lady: This lady, Bless her heart, cannot swim worth anything. My job as a swim instructor and coach requires me to perfect strokes.  All of the years of teaching and coaching have enabled me to just look at someone swimming and I am able to figure out how to make their stroke better. I have watched this lady swim every day for the past 6 summers and for the life of me I have NO idea how she stays afloat. The way she swims is so wrong I literally have no idea how she moves through the water. But the truth is she is there everyday and she loves to swim. I ask her "How far have you swam today?" and her response is always "I don't know... I just Swim" She always arrives 20 minutes early and asks if she can get in early. She is always eager to help get the pool ready for the day and asks to help set things out. This lady might be a little odd but she loves to swim and she lives for it. 
• Bow Lady: This lady (easily over 30) always wears huge bows in her hair. When I was little my mom used to put GIGANTIC bows in my hair. When I say Gigantic I really do mean gigantic! Well....This lady put my hair bows to shame!!!!! I so wish I could post a picture up of her bows because there are no words to describe how large this bow is! She loves those bows. She wears them every time she comes to the pool. I have no idea why she wears them but she wears them proudly!
• Then there is Art. Precious Art. That really is his name. This man is 92 years old and swims a mile a day. His one and only love is his wife Evelyn. His love for her is exactly like the Notebook. I love the look in his eye when he talks about her. She is very sick and you can tell that he hurts knowing he is going to lose her soon. But the love he has for her is forever. 
• Watching the different types of moms is pretty interesting. We have the moms who are so over protective and have to be with their kids the entire time at the pool. then we have the moms who literally drop their kids off and don't show up till several hours later. Then we have the moms who let their children play but always stand a few steps behind them to make sure everything is ok. Seeing the different types of love a mother has for their child is so amazing.

We have several more interesting people at my pool but that would take hours to describe ;) Watching these people on a daily basis I really get to know them in ways they probably don't know themselves. You see the way they react to things, the way to talk to others, and they way the present themselves in such a laid back setting. Seeing how they love different things makes me see that LOVE really is everywhere and that makes me so happy!! It makes me think of these song lyrics..."Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you . Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense. Never let your prayin knees get lazy. And love like crazy"

I love the idea of love. No matter what kind of love. If its something you love to do, someone special you love (which I am a total romantic!), or just the ones in your life who you love. I just LOOOOVE the idea of LOVE!! <3

When I am up on stand I have tons of time to sit and think. I think of everything under the sun... literally! haha But one thing that I have been thinking about lately is just the people who are around me and support me and who love me for me. I am no perfect person but they accept me for who I am. Without them I would not be the person I am today. It amazes me to see how my life has changed just because of the love that people show me. All I can do is love you all back :) and I do! I love you all very much!!

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KK