Well, I've been back from Brisbane for about a week now. It was good to just get away from the routine and the pressures of life, but I must say I do enjoy being back in Christchurch. It was good to see Jon again even though I didn't see so much of him because of his duties at YWAM.
Went camping with a few others last weekend, which was a lot of fun. We arrived at Okains bay camping ground at about 9.30 pm under the cover of cloud which meant it was as close to full dark as it made no difference and we had to set up the tents. I was the only person who had set up the tents before so I was in charge. We pegged down one of the canvas tents and then attempted to erect it. We got it up but it looked kinda scrunched up. It was then I realised that although the 2 tents of parents were similar one was slightly narrower than the other. We had got the wrong set of poles, so we had to disassemble the whole tent and erect with the correct poles. The next day we erected the last tent and then went to the beach. We spent about 3 hours in the sea body boarding on the waves and all of us came out looking decidedly pink or red. In fact my arm is currently peeling because I failed to put tiger balm on til the morning after, grrr... A good time was had by all I believe.
In other news I am currently supervising at the pool which means that when the shit hits the fan I have to deal with it. Here is the rundown on my first shift supervising:
The shift was sweet as until 5 when the person doing 5-9 didn't turn up and we couldn't get hold of him. Then i thought we can survive an ordinary night with only 3 people so didnt think anything of it.
Then i got a phone call from reception telling me that a man on poolside wanted to talk to whoever was in charge (me). This father's 6 yr old daughter had been taken against her will into a family cubicle by a 12 yr old boy when she tried to leave he stopped her and locked the door. He didn't touch her and only talked to her but she was very distressed. The girl was hysterical but the father was calmer than i would have been. Anyway the father identified the kid in the pool and got me to get him out of the pool and we questioned him. The kid denied it and the father got me to call the police not that he was going to press charges but to put the fear of god into the kid to stop him doing it when older. The police arrived and the kids parents and eventually after having a talk with the policeman he admitted to it.
I had to stand with them for all of this leaving 2 lifeguards on poolside and while we were still dealing with it one of them should have gone home. Thankfully she decided to stay on until i got back onto poolside.
