Our Aquatic meeting was today from 1-3pm, and there was a potluck right before it. I was supposed to bring chips, but for some reason I thought that the potluck started before I finished my shift, and reasoned that if I walked in late no one would notice that I hadn't brought anything anyway. BUT ALAS, NO. Even so, I don't think anyone really noticed or cared; Jessica didn't bring anything either lol.

Art: Who brought sushi? Annie?
Jamie: WOOOOOOW.

Just cuhs I'm asian. Classy. xD

After the meeting, all the lifeguards had to jump in the water for a drill or something, and we all had to be able to successfully do a spinal back injury rescue with the backboard or else Jamie said they'd take us off the schedule. And that we only got like two shots and that was it (even though we actually got more). But still, the pressure was on! We were using the white plastic board instead of the wooden one we used when I first got certified, and it was a lot harder to control and slide in the water, not to mention it kept cutting up everyone's hands. I was partnered with Alex Jett the first time around (Nicole was our victim), and we just really couldn't get Nicole aligned with the board, so Art told us to try again later. Alex went off with Shanese to do some other deep water passive rescue thing with the backboard, and I was Nicole and Brianna's victim in return for Nicole being ours.

After that, I went over to do the deep water thing, and Alex and Shanese were having so much trouble keeping Rachel (their victim) on the board! And then Corey told them their turn was over, and me and Douglas went up, and damn, we were pro. I mean, it was really rocky at first cuhs Douglas kept handing Shanese (our victim) to me the wrong way, but neither of us knew it was the wrong way, but Corey kept saying that I was either grabbing her arms or flipping her over the wrong way, and I was like "Wtf! I'm doing exactly what you're telling me to do!" and then they realized Douglas was just handing her off to me backwards instead of turned around like he was supposed to. But yeah, we got it right after that, switched positions, and got it right on the first try. =D

Then we went back over to the shallow end, back to the spinal injury one; I was planning on partnering with Douglas again, since I figured it would be so much easier to work with someone that could actually hold the board up, but then Corey came over and just picked pairs and stuck Douglas with Skylar. And made me their victim. D: It hurt when Douglas grabbed my arms to flip me over, btw, since his grip was so tight; I was like whimpering the whole time LOL. Anyhow, their attempt didn't go so well, and then I was working with Skylar, and she was pretty terrible at both roles.

In my last attempt I was working with Shanese, and Corey was like "You only get one try" to me, since I already had two chances with Alex and Skylar, and I was like "O___O" because out of all those tries we never really got past getting our victim actually on the board. But omg, it just all worked out. I was the first guard, and when Shanese was dipping the board, I just pushed Douglas (our victim) towards her, since the hardest part is positioning the board, and the rest went relatively smoothly. Except for the part where I had to hold Douglas's head still while keeping the board up. My arms totally weren't strong enough to do it, so I arched my body way back and basically had the board sitting on my whole chest. And then it was like crushing my collarbone, and making it really hard to breathe. ;o; But yeah, once Shanese got all the straps done, we were home free. Afterwards we switched, and I had her push Douglas towards me when I was dipping the board too, and it worked. My arms were shaking so much when I was doing the straps though, cuhs I was so tired from holding the board up; I couldn't even tighten them properly!

Anyhow, Corey pointed out little flaws here and there, but said we passed, and that's all that really mattered. 8`D

Shanese was giving me a ride home, and I was waiting for her in the Aquatics office, and there was still some of the brownies that Katie and Skylar made for the potluck left, so I was just indulging on that. It was so good. *___* ♥