Camping and stuff

Spring break came and went. Unfortunately I had my spring break one week and then Cody had his the next week. I drove Emilee nuts the whole week. She was trying to do school work and I just wanted to get out and do something. This will probably be his last spring break (ever)…and mine too!! I have applied for graduation and enrolled in my last semester of classes. If I don’t fail any of my classes this semester, summer and in the fall I will graduate in December. Yippeee!!!! I am so excited. I will graduate from a university I have never even been to…I love technology! I also got a new job. I am training to be a swim teacher and coach. It has been fun but a little intimidating. I am trying to get right in there and learn their techniques of teaching but it is harder than it looks. I am looking forward to this summer though. It will be fun. The kids are so cute and so eager to swim. The lady who founded the swim club uses a different method of teaching than the city. We teach the kids to tread water and doggie paddle with their heads above the water and then we get them to go on their stomach and swim. No underwater stuff. I think it is better. The focus at first is to get the kids water-safe, i.e. they can jump into any body of water, come to the surface, tread water and then go onto their stomach and swim to the side and get out. It makes sense.

During Cody’s spring break we went to Lake Henshaw not far from San Diego to break in our new tent and spend the night in the woods. Before going we had searched the internet for camping places near San Diego and Lake Henshaw looked really nice. We arrived to the campsite to find that it was a trailer park with a few camp spots in the back. The camp area was very pretty though and we could see the lake below. There were pretty oak trees and a babbling brook down in a ravine on one side of the camp. Cody managed to find some poison ivy or maybe oak. I was searching for firewood, there was no way I was going to pay for firewood, that's just not right. Poor guy has been itching all over for more than a week. I told him I was going to draw a picture of poison ivy and oak on his hand the next time we go camping so he will avoid it a little better. Anyway. We had a good time.

The permanent campers...ah looks like Cornville, AZ

the pool...anyone up for a swim?
I thought: "cool! they have a pool!" uhhhh...this is the pool. Click on the picture to read the sign informing us that the pool is for pleasure and enjoyment, I guess not right now.

A special weed...
We found this at our campsite. What does it look like to you? Maybe some of you who lived in the 60's/70's could help us out.

Spring time! There are pretty flowers everywhere!

We went camping for the sake of camping and it wasn't as exciting as we imagined. It was actually a little boring. I think I understand why as Diehl's our camping trips always had a fishing/hunting twist to them.
This week I'm starting in my next and hopefully last rotation lab. I'll be happy when I'm finally settled down in a lab and not starting in a new one every couple months. Until next time.