Well, a few things to report!
We did have a nice weekend home after the last time I posted, but 1 day is nowhere near enough time to decompress after a month of socializing and working. We spent the day going to Farmers Market, spa hopping at the Ritz Carlton, and using some movie coupons to see Inception - which was pretty good! But the day flew by and we were back to the grind on Monday. The next weekend two friends of mine from college spent the night on Friday night and we hung out on Saturday morning (Pedro's breakfast burritos and walk to the beach!), and on Saturday afternoon we braved the crazy weekend traffic to go to a wedding in San Diego. Much to my surprise, we got there on time! It was a beautiful wedding at a cute little church in La Jolla, and it was fun to simply attend a wedding and see our friends and family. After the wedding we spent the night at our friends house in Del Mar. The next morning we went out to breakfast with them, and saw Jordi's family for a bit before finally making it back to our house in the afternoon. We were exhausted yet again, only to look forward to another Monday morning.
This week has been good and bad. Good news: Jordi quit Solatube! He is very excited to be able to devote 100% of his time and energy to contracting jobs. We have a lot to figure out, but we both felt that this was a good decision, and I am happy for him and excited to see what happens! :) So if anyone knows anyone that needs anything done....Sacher Contracting is official! (www.sachercontracting.com)
Bad news: This has been the all time worst week in all my summers of teaching swim lessons. I cannot believe the kids that I have in my classes. To describe everything that has happened this week would take too long - but a few lowlights: one class I have contains a screamer who hates me and the water, as well as a little girl who can't swim but loves the water, and almost drowns 5 times a day because she won't hold on to the wall or kickboard, she just jumps off everything! Between the two of them it's the most ridiculous class of constantly luring one and rescuing the other. Today after I dunked the screamer, he yelled so loud and for so long, I finally sat him up on the wall where he proceeded to run off the pool deck, through the front lobby and out onto the street before being caught by a lifeguard. And that's just my first class. Then come the bigger kids who come late to class and cannonball on my head before I even know what's going on, and fight with each other constantly. Who is raising these kids? Except for a few, they are terrors! I definitely do not get paid enough to put up with them, but yet, there I am....And when I get home from work - cold, wet, and smelling of chlorine - I quickly change and go to my internship at the San Clemente Times. I am still enjoying my internship, but it's also a lot to balance being gone all day, Jordi's new entrepreneurship, organizing the house, making dinner, etc...However, I think the crazy kids at the pool are the most unbalancing aspect for my mental well being.
Luckily I don't have class on Fridays, and we are spending this next weekend at home!
Free Summer Beach Concert Series at the pier by our house. Just like Redondo ;) and very fun!
The Ole Hanson Beach Club where I work. Right by the ocean! You go through the front entrance and the pool is in the back. The upstairs and park area are used for events.
