June 12

Morning everybody. Had an interesting couple of days so I thought I'd share.

Wow heat. It hasn't rained here for a few days so everything is dry and hot... No 101's at the jungle.. boo.... It's 82º at 9 30 am.. expecting no rain, a high of 94º and a low of 78º. Gotta love Florida.

I witnessed a pain in the butt child get what was coming to him. Mean to say, but we come to hate annoying little kids who do everything wrong on our boats. I was at back unload and the rope boat came up. For the rope boat, we attach a rope to the back of the boat, and then push the throttle all the way to the top, which holds the boat flush against the dock.. This is done for older people and people with disabilities who have difficulties walking. .. Anyways, I attached the rope, and then the boat has to pull forward until the rope is taut... A little child in the back, decided that at the last second it would be fun to slip his fingers between the rope and the boat... thereby making his fingers get crushed as the rope became taught... Screaming child, me yelling at the driver to pull backwards, and the parents of the kid looking very unimpressed. I found out later from the driver of the boat that the kid had been a pain the whole boat ride, and she couldn't understand why the parents weren't controlling him... We filed a report, got medical attention for the boy... and that was it.

Yesterday I had an interesting day too. Was busy all day - steady flow of boats. My shift was supposed to be done at 9 pm... and wouldn't you know it, but at 8 pm I get bit by some bug. Now apparently Florida doesn't have normal bugs, because within a half hour my hand had swelled, was shaking and became numb. I got to sit and talk with paramedics for an hour going through natural home remedies to try since I didn't want to go to the hospital (I don't think it was such a big deal that I needed to go to the hospital). Alka-Seltzer paste, Benydril and icepacks, etc. Good news, I wake up this morning and my hand looks and feels fine. My wrist is a little sore, but no lasting effects. Yay!

Today I work until 2 am. Fun stuff. You gotta love Extra Magic Hours for resort guests. There's never enough people to fill entire boats, which makes it harder for the skipper to do a speech when theres only 2 families on a boat. But we still get paid even if there is nobody around. :)

Can't wait for the parents to come down here. Hopefully they can tape my performance and I can put it up here so everyone can see how corny I can be Haha. Love you guys, miss you too. Ttyl