The times are a changin'

Not to jinx myself, but I have been pretty lucky with this whole aging thing. I recently completed lifeguard certification and this body surprised me by being up to the physical aspects of the test.

The written part on lifeguarding and CPR was not easy and I was happy to pass it. However, I really didn’t know if I was going to be able to do all the physical tests in the time required.

Swimming laps was the one part of the test I was confident in.

I was worried aoubt swimming from the shallow end of the pool to the deep end, diving to getting a brick on the bottom and swimming back to the...