Had a 2 hour inservice today at work. It was about drowning. Towards the end of the summer all lifeguards tend to get lazy. By lazy I mean but daydreaming on stand, not paying attention to their water, and not scanning their areas accurately. I'll admit it, I tend to get lazy too, but once I can tell that I start slacking off I get myself together and go back to work mode. Last summer we had 3 accidents at work within a two week period at my pool alone; it was also the middle of August when these occurrences happen. One 4 year old had a seizure and his parents weren't around, another autistic man had fallen on his way up the stairs to the slides and split his head open, and a 10 year old girl passed out while waiting with her family to enter our pool; I was actively rescuing her on that last one. If most of our staff were to be put in any situation like that in real life, honestly, I don't think they could handle it. Good thing there are always veteran guards working so they could take over in any situation and also managers on duty too. Let's pray and hope that these last few weeks we stay lucky and nothing happens, and also today on friday the 13th. KNOCK ON WOOD