Today, I sang to myself nearly the entire time. Since I was on top of the slide tower alone a lot, I started to sing about the things I saw, and Timp was swathed in misty clouds. Utterly stunning, to be sure. What resulted is this thingamajig. I'll probably be working out the notes on the piano tonight.
The mountain on the horizon
Marks the end of all that I know
Yet it beckons and cries
And begs to be climbed
But I don't know where to go
I think I'll try to write other verses soon. The melody that it goes to is kind of cool, if I do say so myself.
The sky was gorgeous today. I love storm clouds and all, but that wasn't even it. When the sun started coming out while the rain was at its worst, two astoundingly bright rainbows appeared. It's a good thing no one was in the pool I was guarding, because I was rather preoccupied. Then, as the storm continued to fade away into the east, a clump of cloud patches covered the sun. Yet, because of the breaks in the cover, visible rays of sunlight trickled down into the sky, lightening the horizon. But this was not the end. Did any of you see the sunset? The clouds were alight with brilliantly colored flame. An elegant stroke of heavens paintbrush along the lingering clouds. Too bad my mom had stolen the camera and left.
Now that I'm done rambling about the heavens, here's a funny story from lifeguarding. Maybe not as funny now that it's after the fact, but it was the highlight of my day beyond the sky. I was guarding the slide pool, as you may have guessed, and there was a birthday party there. A few of the invitees were too scared to go down the straight slide. Such is the way it always is. If the lifeguards are bored enough (we were) then we try to coax these reluctant people to go down the slide. Well, there was one guard who though it would be extremely amusing to tell one of the reluctants that if she went down the slide, the one guy who was guarding on our pool would kiss her. Already amusing, right? But what's more, after twenty minutes of contemplaiting it, she went down the slide. And she expected what she was promised. The guy found out about this promise after she had gone down the slide. Nothing really happened, 'cause he was still working. However, after we closed, everyone was still clearing out and another guy from a different pool came and asked the guy on our pool (for clarity, Guy #1) if he wanted to kiss the girl. Guy #1 answered no, because he didn't, and the girl was the same age as his younger sister, and knew his younger sister. Besides that he just didn't want to. Nevertheless, Guy #2 got this devilish grin on his face and went and got the girl. Awkwardness continued. Using the excuse of puttin ghis tube away, Guy #1 went off t0 the shed with the girl following him. I almost believe his account of what came after, but I really don't quite think I do. He says that he gave her a little hug, a little kiss, said sorry, and tried to go on his way. She asked if he wanted her number, and he said something to the effect of, "No, I'm fine." We had a joyous time teasing him about it while cleaning the locker rooms. Sadly, that was the most interesting thing that happened at work today. One guy told Guy #1 that he should have kissed her out in the open so we could all laugh forever about it. He said, "You'd be known forever at the pool." Then Guy #2 said, "You'd be a legend." The other guy continued to say, jokingly, "Hey, you could've been lifeguard of the week." That just topped off my night.
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