Get busy living!

I'm back at home again! It was 2 days ago and I got to the pool after work for my swim and as I walked onto the deck there was some kerfuffle going on.  I looked around and saw a terrified teen lifeguard pulling a middle aged man out of the pool, another lifeguard went to call 911 and the poor boy began checking the man.  I thought to myself how strange/fortuitous it is how often I find myself in the place I need to be to help people with medical emergencies.

 So I walk over to the lifeguard and let him know I can help if he'd like, he looks up at me with these sweet scared eyes and we begin, "Is there an AED here?" "Yeah, it's coming" "Is he breathing?" "No" Did your breaths go in?" "Yeah" "Does he have a pulse?""Dunno" so I check and the man is pulseless so we do some CPR.  The AED comes and so does an ER doc in a speedo, we dry the guy off, put on the pads, and it's "No Shock advised" the Doc asks if he can take over, and he does, I stuck around for a few cycles and decided I had done my part.  I think if anything I helped the teen feel effective, I went to ride my bike, but there was a class in the bike room and it was getting dark, so I went back to try the pool, the man had been transported and so I swam, it was good, it is good to feel alive and so lucky.  I got on a bike after and drove home in the beautiful crisp edged fall to an amazing sushi and sake dinner and a warm bed. 

 The next day we wrapped up the course and I went to Dad's for his awesome company and I finally watched Shawshank Redemption for the first time, the whole couple days made me feel glad I'm getting busy living.  I topped it off with a beautiful ride outside Sunriver and headed home yesterday.

So in the name of get busy living and when Andy Dufresne says "That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you..." in Shawshank I present my current training hits mix, that all the dead men in the pool and gross sad shit inspires me to rock my glitter jock strap a little harder.
1. The Girl is Mine: Michael Jackson
2. Senorita: Justin Timberlake
3. Good Lord: Brother Ali
4. Orishas Llego: Orishas
5. Sleepyhead: Passion Pit
6. Jump in the Line: Harry Belafonte
7. Free Fallin': Tom Petty
8. Beautiful Day: Mary J. Blige
9 Young Forever: Jay-Z
10. Keep it Moving: Tribe Called Quest
11. OPP: Naughty by Nature
12: Close to Me: The Cure
13. Anything Can Happen: Wyclef
14. 30 Something: Jay-Z
15. Izzy Izzy Ahh: Missy Elliott

Get busy living!