Music monday.

I love the idea. It has a ring to it.

I'm not sure how to copy Janeen's cute little button, I'm not quite that blog advanced yet.

Music choices for today.

possibility- sierra noble

I don't know- Shelly Frayley (not that great of version, but it'll have to do)

All about tonight-pixie lott

That's it for music monday from me. Two of them aren't the most upbeat songs for summer but I've kind of been lacking in the music department.

Which is kind of tragic for me.

Also I have a bigger and better blog post coming soon.

It's just in the process of being written and I didn't want to miss music monday so I put it on hold

ANNNNNDDD I really want to win nail polish from this blog site that is doing a free giveaway.

Part of my wants to tell you not to go look because I want the greatest chance to win possible.

But you can do whatever you want.

Toss up

I've recently become a fan of vampire diaries right?
Along with that I've become a fan of Damon and Stefen Salvatore.
I just can't decide which one of them I'm a bigger fan of.

Exhibit A.Damon AKA Ian Somerhalder
The darker more cycnical Salvatore brother.

I can see why most people wouldn't like Damon.

He doesn't really care who dies and is rude.

But he is so witty and charsimatic that I can't help but love him.

And his piercing blue eyes and boyish grin don't hurt either.

And deep down I know he cares about people and doens't want to kill anymore.

Exhibit B

Stefan AKA Paul Wesley
Stefan is opposite of Damon.

He wants peace and happiness in Mystic Falls.

He is kind, loving, and sensitive.

But in the show he seems kind of a deadbeat, doesn't like to have fun or be crazy.

He's not too funny most the time either.

But like with Damon, look at that face. It's perfection.

And what girl doesn't love a guy with a sensitive side?

And for you men here is some eye candy.

Elena Aka Nina Dobrev

She is the Salvatore brothers love interest.

Ironically in the show she is in love with Stefan but in real life she is dating Ian Somerhalder. I I think that's kind of funny.

problem solved.

Who knew the pool could provide insight to my life.

More stories.

So I have to clean the public washrooms at the pool.

In the girls washroom the walls by the toilet looked like they had root beer running down them.

Gross.

Everyday I was disgusted as I cleaned the washroom.

I decided I need to take matters into my own hands and scrub the walls.

No matter what I tried though the stain stayed.

I thought this would annoy me for the rest of the summer.

But it didn't. I realized I hadn't even noticed the stains on the walls for the last month.

Which got me thinking

When does a problem cease to be a problem?

The stains were still a problem since they are still there but I no longer focused on it.

I think once we realize that a problem is out of our control, that we don't have the right tools or knowledge to solve it, we stop letting it run our lives.

There is probably somebody out there who knows what chemical will remove that stain.

With life we might feel bombarded with problems that we have no idea how to solve.

We've tried everything that we can but it remains unsolved.

Now we can either realize that it's not something we can fix by ourselves or we can make ourselveds more miserable by continuing to focus on it and pick it apart.

I'm sure there are a number of people that could help fix little problems, like the stains on the bathroom walls. But others can only be solved by our Heavenly Father.

He knows what will make us happiest and He knows how to solve our problems. Sometimes we have to realize that He is the only one that can help, that no matter what we try, those problems will still exist unless we ask Him for help.

Not going lie. It's been a tough lesson for me as of late.

But when I look back in retrospect and see his helping hand in my life I realize it all worked out okay. He knew just what he was doing and what I needed.

Good thing someone knows :)

Pool Happenings

Working at the pool has some benefits.

Everyonce in awhile you have a funny or exciting experience.

Like the other day a lifeguard brought a little boy into the back to give him some first aid.

I saw some blood on his back and assumed he'd scratched his back on the wall.

But no, he'd done a front flip into the BABY pool and hit his head.

Cracked it right open.

That created some chaos.

Another day 2 boys had been fighting in the showers.

Boy A came out and told us that Boy B had been swearing at him and threatened to beat him up.

The mom of Boy B was upset and was trying to drag him out of there.

But Boy B was upset himself and was struggling and telling her he didn't do anything.

So the mom's trying to pull him out, telling him not to cause a scene

But her efforts are futile as Boy B screams "Mom I HATE that kid!"

That didn't help his case I'm sure.

Again 2 boys had been quarreling.

One was caucasian and the other Native American.

The Native was upset cause the Caucasian had called him a "Chocolate chip"

The caucasion responded by saying "But he called me a white Chocolate chip!"

I know these are pointless dumb stories. And I don't think people really like to read long blog posts. But it's really the only good things I have to blog about.

Last story was the most dramatic

I thought one of us was going to get beat up.

A girl swore at one of the lifeguards so they kicked her out of the pool.

Her mom came in angry demanding they get a refund.

The lifeguards said they couldn't because she had called one of them a vulgar name.

The mom said that we had been rude to her first. (Lie)

We still withheld.

She said "Just wait until their father comes"

Dun Dun Dun.

He came in maybe a little drunk and really upset.

He pleaded the same as his mom and we told him it was nothing raciest just our policy.

He still wasn't happy.

In the end they won cause our boss wasn't available to come down and help us and

he didn't want any casualties.

That's it. Other then those exciting times my days at the pool consist of

Solitaire, reading books, facebook stalking, and pintrest.

AWESOME

It happened to a friend of mine

I had this friend.

I only knew her for 4 months and we've lost touch since then.

But she's one of those people who impacted my life.

Helped turn me into the me I am now you know?

She put up a real tough girl act.

But once you got to know her she was the sweetest most caring girl.

I never thought something like this would happen to someone I knew.

Someone I had become close to.

Here's her story.

On a more happy chipper note.

Cutest thing happened at the pool the other day.

Carrie told me she was going thru the girls change room when she over heard this conversation.

Little boy: (mom ignoring him) Mom, mom. That girl. Mom That girl!

Mom: What? What is it?

Little boy: Mom that girl at the desk that helped us... She's really pretty.

That boy is officailly my favorite. Even though I don't remember what he looks like.

But he made my day.

Another happy note.

There was one situation I was hoping to avoid.

I didn't know how I'd handle it.

I thought it would just be awkward and that I'd want to just run away.

And while it wasn't 100% comfortable I did just fine.

and felt really good about how I handled the situation.

2 months ago that situation was my worst nightmare.

I hoped it would never come to pass.

So glad I grew up a little.

Because life happens. You can't control the actions of others, only your actions.

Have a beautiful Wednesday. The week is half over!