Florida’s summer weather is different than any other place I’ve lived. In just the past couple weeks, the weather has been what most call summer-ish, so I’m going to base this on what’s happened so far in that time.
The days start out pretty calm, very humid, sticky, and warm. All those make for great morning wakeboard sessions. Then like clockwork, between 2:00 and 4:00pm, the wind gets a bit of a chill to it, then picks up by about 20 mph and the lake gets horrible. Typically lightning, thunder, and sometimes rain are involved. I guess afternoon storms are the norm here. So we’ll usually bring the boats in to the shore and hang out at the camp anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple hours. After the storm has blown over, the lake is usually very smooth again, and the day ends with a great sunset and a calm lake.
The coolest part about all of this is that when we bring the boats in, sometimes us coaches just play in the rain doing stupid stuff like little kids…while we’re on the clock. Like last week we soaped up the trampoline in the rain to see if we could jump up on it and slide all the way across. Then we went to the water and flew a big flat tube (the kind you lay out on to relax on the lake) like a kite. Good times, good times.
Published at June 17, 2008
in Random.
So I was just thinking about something that completely blew my mind. You know those tests most people take at some point in their schooling that supposedly reveal your ideal jobs or career based on your interests and such? Well, I had one of those when I was either a freshman or sophomore in high school. I remember thinking it was one of the most ridiculous things I had been required to do, since I already knew that my ideal job was doing nothing, but getting money anyway.
Anyway, I filled it out honestly, and the software returned one option: coach. I just laughed it off at the time, thinking of a team coach, like basketball. I hate coaching team sports, so I dismissed it and went on with my life. Now, double the years in my life from that point and what do you know…I’m a wakeboard coach and it’s my dream job! Go figure.
Yes, I am getting a new phone! The bad news is that all my contacts are in my old phone, which is at the bottom of Lake Minneola, FL. That means I’m in need of many phone numbers, so if you know of any phone numbers, feel free to give them to me! I wouldn’t suggest putting your number in the comments here, but if you read this blog and know me, chances are you’ve already seen one of my other requests for numbers or you have my number and can send me a text or some other message to let me know your number. That was a long sentence!
My new phone has a high-tech hands free system, pictured herein.
Published at May 16, 2008
in General.
Today I went to Orlando and made a 2-wheeled purchase. Now I’ll ride me bike the half mile along the lake shore to work, wee! I also went to the Vans Skatepark for the second time. That place is skateboarding heaven.
The bike, since I know some of you will wonder, is a Specialized Hardrock Sport. I pretty much walked in, said what I’d use it for, they pointed it out, I said okay. Done.
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Published at May 11, 2008
in General.
Many things have changed since my last post…well, the last post about my situation. I’ve finally moved out into an apartment just a half mile down the shore from The Wakeboard Camp. It’s a decent place. The biggest problem at the moment is my neighbor Lou, he is retired and alone and his only companion is his smoking. Remember that post about how I feel about smokers? Yeah, my mistake on not noticing that his smoke creeps into this apartment through our shared air ducts. I’m going to have to do something about that, it’s really not cool.
Anyway, over the past few weeks, my parents and two younger sisters paid me visits. The parents were here for a few days and then the sisters hung out for a whole week. During that week, we went to Disney World and completely wore ourselves out. I lucked out and found out I have a guy on the inside who got us in for free, so that was sweet. We only had time to enjoy the Magical Kingdom and the Animal Kingdom. I think I’ll be going back some time to check out the other stuff. It was good family fun.
So now with work, things are pretty good. Summer is just around the corner, the heat is already here in Florida, and this is our first busy week since spring break, where I put in a 60 hour week. Although that was 60 hours of hanging out on a boat with fun kids and bikini babes, I still got paid a little bit for it!
There have been some competitions down here and more coaches from the other side of the world (New Zealand and Australia) have shown up to help out. I’m still meeting new people from all over the world every week, which is great.
So nothing too exciting, just throwing a little update out. Here’s something for the Mac users who visit this site. I’m posting this with a little piece of Microsoft software called Windows Live Writer. So far, it seems to work rather well, crazy huh? I may keep using this, I think I’ll see what it’s like to put up a picture in a post. Peace out.
