The Story of How I Failed My Lifeguarding Practical

Well, the good news about today is that I'm CPR/First Aid certified. The bad news is that I woke up with a migraine, felt like I was dying, gave the lifeguarding practical a try andddd....failed. No joke. I told the instructors just as a heads up that I had a killer migraine, so of course they gave me the most difficult positions to do during the test. I know that I need to be prepared to do anything while on duty, I definitely would not have showed up to work (if I ever were to have a job as a lifeguard) in the state I was in this morning. It was pretty lucky I even showed up and attempted the test at all, to be perfectly honest. While I'm pretty disappointed that I would have passed it had I been in top condition, seeing as I've been executing all the moves correctly all week (except for this morning...just my luck), I'm kind of glad that I won't have to worry about taking on all the responsibilities of a lifeguard. I can retake this test anytime at camp this summer when one of the instructors is there, which is awesome because I won't have to retake the entire course, so I think I'll do that just so I can get the satisfaction of having the certification. I plan on waiting until the very end of summer so I'll have as little chance as possible to actually have to use the certification. The fact that I've been doing great all week and passed the written exam without a problem shows that I obviously know how to do stuff and shouldn't have a problem this summer whenever I end up taking it again. The good thing about today is that everyone (except the people who work at the camp where the training was held) was released at a little before noon, which was a nice change from the regular 10 and 11 PM dismissals (for a supposed to be 1-8 class, by the way.)

I'll be in Orlando until bright and early Sunday morning when I have to be to camp at 9 AM to start staff training. I'm really excited about being a counselor; my coworkers (that sounds so weird to say) who took the lifeguarding class and canoeing class with me were super nice and we got along really well. Sunday's definitely going to start a crazy summer!