- a man stopped me on shallow rotation and told me he really appreciated me checking that his son was swimming with someone when i was on bench rotation 
 
    - niki made me swim a 1500m workout and i survived to bike up the smythe hill afterward 
 
    - galli came by the other day and i ran all the way to the front and hugged him immensely 
 
    - i french braided patron l's hair and it looked lovely 
 
    - niki french braided my hair, and elijah gave me a back rub and i love my life 
 
    - patron l calls me "mommy" because we look alike, and patron f calls laura mom and me aunt, dre's an uncle and we are slowly but surely collecting the pool family together 
 
    - ben told me i had better writing than him, and i made him tell me that i am the champion before i would give him his water back 
 
    - i told a girl that me and niki were twins and she believed me. niki and i call each other "womb mate" now 
 
    - bre and i had such a good late night conversation the other night, and we learned so much about each other and i just want to share all my stories w her now 
 
    - ben fell asleep at 10pm on a saturday night and i will never let him forget it 
 
    - a patron walked by and told me my hair was beautiful 
 
    - ben said, mairead your hair is so wavy and curly right now, come here i want to make it more wavy 
 
    - l, f, and a told me that me and "nick jonas" have a "love connection" 
 
    - cynthia's new name is cee lo green 
 
    - ben almost carried me into the pool twice yesterday and then we biked home together 
 
    - alex did his dance to the backstreet boys song and it was incredible 
 
    - tim-tam came by the pool with 7-ups for all of us 
 
    - me and niki played match and got it in 2 
 
    - alex and i are going to wayhome next year together if the line up's good 
 
    - ben and i held hands on every off rotation today 
 
    - jon and i cuddled so much today and then he carried me upside down almost into the pool 
 
    - claudia asked me what i was like on a bad day (because i was so enthusiastic about sweeping the deck) 
 
    - a little girl on shallow rotation wanted me to watch her backfloat, and later she ran over to me and gave me a big hug and told me she wanted to come visit me at my house sometime 
 
    - i swam two 50m fly laps and my arms are getting so strong 
 
    - jackie told me that whenever she looks over at me on rotation i have a massive smile on my face, and i told her, "i love my job" 
 
  
            jul 25 2015 ∞
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