Recent Blog: MIKE IN BRAZIL MIKEINBRAZIL.COM rather than get a physically or mentally demanding job before heading off to college, I got a job as a life guard at the local swimming pool. As luck would have it, the pool was just down the road from my house so that I could roll out of bed at 8:45 AM and be at work by 9:00, which was really helpful on those mornings after some wild nights on the town. My hours would alternate each day. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, I would work 9:00 AM ¡V 3:00PM and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I had 3:00 PM ¡V 9:00 PM, with Fridays and Sundays off. Being one of the oldest guards, most were rising juniors and seniors in high school, I was given a set of keys to open or close, depending on the days I worked.
Since this pool was also my neighborhood pool, it was the one I grew up swimming at every summer. You could say that I was a "pool rat", in that I rarely left except for meals. I was even a member of the swim team. My history with that team is how this all began.
That particular year, the team did not have enough older guys. Without at least 4, they would have to forfeit too many races and therefore would not be very competitive as a whole. The team mom, a mother that basically keeps all the parents and kids in line when not swimming, recruited me and another guard to swim, and they would see to it that my work schedule could be altered to accommodate the meets. And since I was at the pool most of the day anyway, I wouldn't have to go to practice. I half-heartedly agreed, seeing that she asked me in front of a dozen other moms, including my own.
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