The craziest day of my life? You decide!
So, first my lessons supervisor went into labour on the pool deck. Her water broke and then she left for the hospital. Then during water volleyball with the seniors one of the men (Clarence) started bleeding profusely from the back of his head. I got him out of the pool and got him cleaned up. It ended up being nothing big, he had just scratched the back of his head and it started bleeding in one spot. Then later on during an aerobics class one of the men complained of a tingling in his arm, so I had him get out of the pool just in case. Then he had a heart attack and I started CPR. It went on for 2 minutes before the paramedics got there (they're really close) and they had me keep going for another 3 minutes while they got everything ready to take him in the ambulance. I don't know yet if he made it. I'll probably be able to find out tomorrow from my supervisor. I hope she knows. I can't stop thinking about it. All the classes I took and all the times I thought to myself while I was guarding "what if this happened? What would I do?" and running myself through scenarios paid off. Maybe I saved his life. If he's alive it is because of me. I don't know him. I don't even recognize him from the regulars. I wonder how many people I've affected today by doing what I did. I wonder if he's okay. My supervisors said I did everything right and they were very glad to have me on staff.
In other news Eli's bed is now in our house and Savvy and Diego are currently with me though I still need to find them a new home. Tomorrow I'm getting some stuff taken care of that I haven't been able to because I haven't been mobile or had time since I work all the time. Chas is loaning me his car so I can go out to Tumwater and do my stuff.
I keep reminding myself that in 9 days I'll get paid and everything will be a lot easier. And that I can at that point figure out how to get this huge knot of stress out of my shoulders. Just a week. Then I'll get my motorcycle here and going and I'll be able to cut an hour off my morning commute to work (which is 15 minutes away). And when I have split shifts I'll be able to go run errands or come home instead of hanging around the Y all day and turning my 6 or 7 hour day into a 10 hour one. It'll be nice.
I wish I had a weekend to just relax. The whole weekend. Just hang out with some choice people who I haven't spent nearly enough (or any) time with lately. That would be heaven right now.
Things that make me happy and less stressed:
-I got an email from Mandy
-Lyle Lovett ("I don't like hippies and I don't like cornbread and fat babies have no pride... but that's okay because who needs pride")
-the space heater in my room
-my bed
-Savvy's little bear face
-Oliver (and that I don't even have to say The Usual anymore)
-little boy haircut
-sun
-my motorcycle
-clean clothes
-clean room (that smells like incense)
-my purple robe
-Queer as Folk
-Brea's wonder bagel creation
-White Musk perfume
In other news Eli's bed is now in our house and Savvy and Diego are currently with me though I still need to find them a new home. Tomorrow I'm getting some stuff taken care of that I haven't been able to because I haven't been mobile or had time since I work all the time. Chas is loaning me his car so I can go out to Tumwater and do my stuff.
I keep reminding myself that in 9 days I'll get paid and everything will be a lot easier. And that I can at that point figure out how to get this huge knot of stress out of my shoulders. Just a week. Then I'll get my motorcycle here and going and I'll be able to cut an hour off my morning commute to work (which is 15 minutes away). And when I have split shifts I'll be able to go run errands or come home instead of hanging around the Y all day and turning my 6 or 7 hour day into a 10 hour one. It'll be nice.
I wish I had a weekend to just relax. The whole weekend. Just hang out with some choice people who I haven't spent nearly enough (or any) time with lately. That would be heaven right now.
Things that make me happy and less stressed:
-I got an email from Mandy
-Lyle Lovett ("I don't like hippies and I don't like cornbread and fat babies have no pride... but that's okay because who needs pride")
-the space heater in my room
-my bed
-Savvy's little bear face
-Oliver (and that I don't even have to say The Usual anymore)
-little boy haircut
-sun
-my motorcycle
-clean clothes
-clean room (that smells like incense)
-my purple robe
-Queer as Folk
-Brea's wonder bagel creation
-White Musk perfume