Whatever His Name Was

Woke up to a dead Beta fish.

Funny, I can not remember his name.

Blue.  Indigo.

The girls were fine with his untimely death.  Better than with some of our other dearly departed Betas.

Thunder Shirt to the Rescue

Sam and Abby during fairer weather.

 It rained last night and thundered quite a bit.  I got up to get Abby her thunder shirt and she followed me and stood while I pulled it out of the drawer.  She then held very still while I pressed the velcro down.  She is still wearing it this morning.

I am not sure how much rain we got.  It seemed pretty dry this morning.

Water Logged

Last years pic of the girls of summer.

This is my second week off of work.

The girls are good.

Miss Brunette is still life guarding.

Blonde Girl got into the Life Guard Academy, which keeps up busy four days a week.

I went hiking with Love Man on Friday evening to see the big, orange moon and fell.  I twisted my ankle.
It is swollen, but I am doing fine.

Today, my friend and her daughter came over to hang out by the pool.  That was fun and I need to do that more often.  It has been too long.

Free, At Last

Day 1 Summer Break -
Drove people around,
caught up on emails/computer stuff,
made some calls and went to Circle K twice.

The Cutest of the Cute

I am still slaving away at summer school.  We have a group of little children that are young, around two, called the minis.  They are hilarious.

There is this one cute, chubby little guy and he is funny every single day.

We make the children remain at the table until everyone is finished with their lunch.

He said to me, "I'm excused."

"What?  Who excused you?"

"I am excused.  I'm excused.

Mr. I am excused had to stay at the table for another few minutes.  But, he tried to leave a few times.

He finally got his wish and shot across the room like a rocket.

If it were a Snake...

It might have bit me.  But, it was dead.  In our pool.  Floating on top.

I was in the pool.  Love Man was in a chaise.  I was scooping the pool with a hand scooper.

I was in the far corner when I realized a snake was floating on the water.  OMG.

I did not matter that it was dead.

Love Man had to get it out.

It was a good, King snake that eats mice, bugs, scorpions, etc.  Not venomous.  Dead.  A baby.

OMG!

I am not a fan.

May Mania

May Mania hit us hard.  Since the last time I wrote on this blog:

Miss Brunette attended prom

Blonde Girl was promoted from 8th grade

Blonde Girl is playing the vibes in the high school band

Miss Brunette's photograph of the Yarnell Hill Fire won honorable mention in the Congressional
Photography Show.  Okay, I think that is what it is called.  The picture hangs in the student district's office.

Miss Brunette started working at the swimming pool as an advanced lifeguard.  Advanced only as she is certified to teach swimming lessons.

Blonde Girl still takes drum and horse lessons.

Miss Brunette still babysits.

Blonde Girl attended the Forum Festival for jazz band and vocal premier.  The jazz band received a gold metal and the vocal premier received a silver one.  They also went to Disneyland.

Miss Brunette has with and without me, attended many training sessions for the pool.  Omg.

And, this is why I have not posted a thing.

I am finishing with summer school next Friday and I will be better.  I will also post pictures from many of this activities.