The past two weeks have been pretty busy for me, not so much because of so many activities, but because I had a really short amount of time to study for my CPO certification. That's right, I'm a Certified Pool Operator through the National Swimming Pool Foundation.
Now that my hotel is under new management (but we still have the same owners), we needed to have someone at our hotel who had CPO certification to comply with standards of care. Previously our General Manager had that certification, but our new GM doesn't want to take care of the pool in that way. I already had some general understanding about how to take care of the pool and had been doing some of it since I started as a night auditor in 2004. Our maintenance man recently resigned, and I was a logical choice for the certification.
There were several cities that I could take the class in, so I chose Helena, MT. I hadn't seen Adam since July and this was a great opportunity to do just that. The class was scheduled for November 1.
Unfortunately I got my materials rather late and only had a limited amount of time to study. As a matter of fact, I got them last Wednesday, Oct. 26. I literally had six days to read the material and do an eight-hour online course before going to a class. I got the materials in the afternoon on Wednesday, but I didn't have time to do anything with them because I had to do beginning-of-the-month bookkeeping. Thursday I had to go to Bozeman, and that day was shot. Friday I was able to study at work, thanks to my GM who was able to help take care of the desk while I studied. That evening, I had to go to Livingston for car repair and to get some clothes for Betty, my grandaunt. (Some of her clothes were getting pretty worn.) Saturday I was able to do some minor studying at work, but I was able to really put some hours into it in the evening. While I was at work on Sunday, October 30, I worked as long as I could on the online course that we were required to take before the actual class.
I headed to Helena after I got off of work. It takes three hours to drive from Gardiner to Helena. From my house to Adam's, it is about 190 miles. I avoided the construction between Three Forks and Helena by taking the route through Boulder. That evening, Adam and I had dinner at Applebee's. After dinner I finished the online course. I wanted to have Monday to spend with Adam since I came out in part to be able to have fun with him.
Monday we ate breakfast/lunch at IHOP. I tell you, it's one of my favorite restaurants: waffles with blueberry topping, scrambled eggs, bacon, and the most important part of breakfast: coffee. That afternoon we toured the Montana State Capitol building and then went to the Montana State Historical Society. I wish we had more time to spend at the MSHS, which is actually a museum. There was a lot of really cool artifacts there that we didn't have time to look at. We did, however, get a good chance to see the Charles Russell exhibit.
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| "When the Land Belonged to God" by C. M. Russell |
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| "All Who Know Me Respect Me" by C. M. Russell |
That night, Adam and I played Army of Two. I hadn't played it before, and had a good time doing it. I don't do a lot of video games, and mostly watch movies. I have an old X-Box, but that's the extent of my gameness.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1 I went to my class for becoming a Certified Pool Operator. Basically they went over the same stuff that the online course went over and then we did a test. I felt satisfied with my test score and I definitely passed. That night Adam made some food and we watched Captain America.
I had to go back home yesterday, so we went to IHOP for breakfast before he had to go to work. I had a great time at his house. We don't get to see each other often enough.
Once home, Jean and I watched The Addams Family. It might have been a couple days late, but we hadn't seen each other for a week anyway. While I was out of town, Jean was able to come to the house and take care of the cats for me.
All in all, I've had a pretty eventful week.
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