Summer Vocation; watcha gonna do?

Summertime is my favorite time of year. The reasons I love this season are endless! However over the years, those reasons have changed.

I do not love Summer because there is a complete lack of responsibility, I think responsibility is a good thing to have year-round. It's the change in the types of responsibilities that I love! One of those responsibilities being a summer job.

One of those responsibilities being...a summer job. 

Over the years I have been many things. Lifeguard, Sales Associate, Daycare worker, to name a few. All of these jobs taught me different things that I think were/are valuable to a young adult. 

1. Lifeguard 

Yes, I spent two summers at Big Splash in Tulsa/// Do the wave.

As a Lifeguard I was responsible for the lives of people who maybe I would have been doing the world a huge favor if I would have turned my head as they struggled in the water.

I say this completely joking of course, but if you had seen someone attempting to swim in the wave pool with two broken arms, it might have crossed your mind as well.

2. Sale Associate

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You might recognize this popular commercial, I worked at the place where things "speak to you"

Here I learned all about the world of retail. Being my first retail job, there were days when I was astonished at how much people will spend on over priced couch pillows, or other miscellaneous home decor items.

I learned about daily sales goals, if you treat a customer like you would your mother, 9 times out of 10 they will buy from you, and that if you prove to be a hard worker, you will be punished by being put on truck at ungodly hours of the morning. 

3. Daycare worker

These are my nephews, not at a daycare, but taking care of them helps me see first hand how nurturing, love and affection influence a child

This is my other nephew, Roman, enjoying an ice cream cone. 

As a daycare worker I learned a lot of things. I learned a lot about infant/baby care and how much of a time commitment having a child can be.

Infants cannot be left alone, neither can toddlers, or 7 year olds. Some days I found myself counting down the hours to when I could leave some days and then I realized, if I were to be mother, there's never a "qutting time".

This job taught me the most out of all of them. 

So there you have it, A glimpse into my past few summers. Whatever it is that you do over the summer, don't be dead weight, do you job to your best ability, and for goodness sake take pride in your work!