Alright, so I know that I haven't updated for the previous two weeks, but let's see if I can get at least three done for this month. One big reason that I haven't updated is because I've had to arrange for a pretty cool interview. I don't think I'll expand on it right now, but I'll go into more details when they get back to me, whether or not I get chosen.
During Get Your Game On week, our special guest was an Australian athlete who went by the name of Naps. He instructed us on how to play Cricket and other Australian games. Our Friday event was bowling and then swimming at the Swimplex in the Rec Centre. My whole life I've been bowling using my thumb, index, and middle fingers, but apparently you're supposed to use your thumb, index, and ring finger, to keep the ball balanced between your index and pinky fingers. I thought this would be my secret weapon and drastically improve my performance, but unfortunately, I only did about as well as usual. We had bumpers up, so you couldn't get gutter balls. I only managed one strike that game, but I got it after it ricocheted off a bumper, so I knew it was actually a gutter ball. Everyone cheered for me, and I couldn't discount my success, because if I did it would discourage those who used the bumpers for support.
The Swimplex was fine. I know I've mentioned it before, but between my roles as a Summer Program Leader and Direct Support Person, during the summers I swim 3-5 times per week. Between all the pools we use, I find the Swimplex a little awkward. The shallow end only reaches my waist. The deepest of the shallow end is in an area called "the horseshoe", which is a transition from their wading pool ramp and wading pool to the regular shallow end. Why would it start shallow, get deep, then become more moderate? Shouldn't it be a consistent graduation of depth?
There is a small deep end, but it isn't attached to the shallow end, and most of it is reserved for lane swimming. The deep end is actually so small that I thought it was just another lane for the longest time. They have a hot tub, but it's huge and not very hot. It's more like a "warm tub". But regardless of what I think, everyone else seems to love the place, so whatever.
To be able to enter the deep end, we were required to do a swim test, which was performing a front crawl from one side of the shallow end to the other without touching the floor. I was mildly proud when I passed the test, as I don't have much in the way of formal training. None of us went to the deep end though, so it was kind of pointless.
During Vibrant Volunteers week, our special guest was a Mennonite group who helped us build care packages for people in third world countries. They couldn't get a person to come in though, so our "special guest" was our Summer Program Coordinator, who relayed their message and instructed the group.
Our day trip was to Hacienda gardening facility. I ran a group that pulled defective lettuce. Then we went to the Swimplex again.
Usually when I work for the Summer Program, I buy a pair of shoes right before it starts, then note the shape they're in before and after the program. This year it was impossible because even though I bought a pair of shoes right before the program started, they only lasted three weeks before falling apart. I had to buy a pair on my way to work one day because the sole completely detached. I'd like to judge my new pair by the same criteria, as they seem to be holding up better, but it wouldn't be right since they got off three weeks easy.
During a game of Mission Impossible, which is an activity where you have to hide behind barriers and steal items while people look for you, I managed to shatter my phone's screen. I had army crawled up to one barrier, and when the moment was right, I sort of sideways summer saulted to the next one. This cause me to hip-check my phone a number of times. It still works, and I know other people use phones with shattered screens, but this is the first time I've cracked the screen before the rest of it broke.
Usually during the Summer Program, something goes wrong with the first paycheque and we have to wait for the second pay period. This time, we were paid on time at first, but they missed the second. This is frightening to me, because I relied on that cheque to pay rent, and the next pay period was past the first of the month. But somehow our On-Site Director twisted their arm and we got paid today.
During the time where I thought I'd have to survive until the next pay period, I broke out my piggy banks. I'm pretty sure I mentioned them once about two years ago. Well, this isn't the first time I've opened them, but it is the most lucrative. I found out I had $557 in change!
My garden is doing well. The cherry tomato plants are beating the regular tomatoes in terms of height. I've got green tomatoes growing on both of them, though. My bell peppers and cucumbers aren't producing right now, but my banana peppers look like it won't be long before harvest time.
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I think you meant to type thumb, _middle_, and ring finger - it's easy to figure out if you have your own ball, because when you take it to get it drilled, they'll put those fingers in a measuring tool to figure out the distance between and the depth of the holes. But it's definitely not intuitive if you're only bowling with "house balls" (the common ones that belong to the alley that anyone can use).
ReplyDeleteBowling is another of those activities that seem really easy when people describe what you're supposed to do - hold the ball out, let it fall back and forward as you walk up in rhythm, move your hand straight toward your target and let go - but if it were really that easy, there wouldn't be any point in leagues because everyone would be bowling 250-300 per game. In my experience, one of the most difficult things to teach your body to do is something that needs to be exactly the same every time.
Yes, that's what I meant to type, haha
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