the CAC and the TdF

I'm still working on catching up on pictures, including the ones from Megan's visit, and from a fun birthday weekend in Silverton! Keep an eye out for those links soon.

Yesterday started as a pretty routine day at the Chinle Aquatic Center as a lifeguard with our 15 minute rotations watching the pool. Then something caught one of the other lifeguard's eye floating in the shallow end...um, yeah it turned out to be what we call a "fecal incident." i know. gross. there was a mom with her <1 yr. old with no diaper on. She claimed that "I didn't think he would poop" and "How do you know for sure it was him?" (Unfortunately this is one of several similar incidents we've had at the pool.) Come on, people.
Then as we were distracted trying to sort out that issue, I was still on duty, looking this way, looking that. I looked one direction for a few seconds, scanned back and suddenly there was a boy actively drowning in water just a tad too deep for him. I jumped in and grabbed him, taking him back to the steps to rest. It didn't take him but a minute before he was ready to jump back in and play. Even though he's only seven, there was no parent or guardian to be found. His mom had apparently dropped him off and then left him there all alone. Come on, people.



Maybe it's our recent foray in to road cycling; or our general interest in biking, mountain or otherwise; or the fact that we have vaguely followed it the last couple of years becoming more and more familiar with some of the contenders names; or as the media would indicate, the fact that Lance is back. But for the last two weeks, we have become pretty addicted to le Tour de France. It's been exciting, and the notorious mountain stages, that seem to open the contender field, are just beginning with today's Stage 13. The media has gone (almost) overboard on the coverage of Lance Armstrong himself, making a big ordeal of every little thing that he or his team does. But, I guess I can see why, and I get caught up in it too. He's a pretty amazing cyclist, he's come back for more after fighting cancer, after 7 previous Tour de France wins already (and the more you watch it, the more you realize just what a feat that is), and after officially retiring, he announced last fall that he would come back and ride again in The Tour to spread his LIVESTRONG message.

Check out one of the ways that his foundation is doing that:

sweet.