Spent fuel pool

October 10th. We would be visiting England, Italy and France. I still had morning sickness, but it didn’t last for long. I felt sick when I got up and within an hour or less I felt better. The weekend was here and David and Charlie had plans to get the pool ready for winter. It needed to be completed before we left for Europe. I got up that morning and felt horrible. I threw up and had an awful discomfort in my stomach and pain in my side. I went downstairs, and Charlie looked at me. “Anna,…

The Bahamas is a peaceful set in its own way to where there are many spectacular views that caught one’s eye. This is one place where I could just sit forever, with stretches of powder- white sands on Nassau Paradise Island- with an average water temperature of 80 degrees that everyone would enjoy a fantastic white sandy beach adventure every day. With their array of luxury boutiques, local shops and world-famous straw market- not to mention duty free prices-on one hand and on the other they can…

the busiest day of the week at the pool and the day had started off normally enough, although working as a lifeguard means things were bound to get interesting. I was halfway through an hour shift which was about the last thing I wanted to do in a hundred degree weather on a sunny July afternoon. The sun was relentless and I could practically feel my skin blistering but nevertheless I had a job to do; one that required me to watch over the patrons in the pool and ensure their safety. It was…

My biggest interest throughout high school has been swimming. Before high school I never played any sports I was more of a video game kid. Going into high school I knew I wanted to join a sport to make friends because I had moved that summer to a new town that had better schools and more opportunities for me. I started high school knowing no one so I joined swimming to try and make friends. Little did I know that swimming would turn into much more than a recreational activity. Swimming soon…

one day in the summer of 2014 I was at the pool with some of my friends and my mom had dropped off my 12 year old brother Keshawn and my nephew Money and asked if “ they could stay up there with me because they want to swim” . I said it was “ no problem because I’m just hanging around not doing anything really ”. So after a while it started to get cold. Just about all my my friends had gotten out of the water and now was just hanging out around the pool and my brother and nephew were still…

and play in the water. But little did I know what would happen later that day. When we arrived, our friends greeted us like usual. Then we all made our way to the backyard to play in the water, and cool off. But before I hopped into the swimming pool, my mom violently lathered cold wet…

It was a cold, spring morning as my alarm began blasting in my ears. But today I didn't care. I was excited to get up at 5:30 a.m. For my brother-in-law and I where going fising at the local pay pond and best of all the pay pond was having a fishing tournament. One-hundred dollars for the biggest fish caught. I gathered all my supplies and we where on our way. The ride was a quite thirty minute route. We arrived around 6:30 a.m. It was a little crowded to my surprise but after unloading our gear…

The day seemed to drag on and on, as I waited, counting down the days to California. It was a humid, sunny afternoon down at the Alton pool, where I usually spend most of my summer days working as a lifeguard. Today was very different than most…. And maybe the reason why was because it was my last day of work before I flew off to the big L.A. Most days at the pool the time went by slower than any I have ever known, with the scorching hot sun burning my skin, and little kids yelling at their…

yards of racing. The one who is always there making up the sets, workouts, and motivational speeches is the coach. Coaching has come a long way from where it was, for example, in the 1930's when only rich, white men could swim or even have access to a pool, let alone have a coach. Swimmers had to find their own way to train, in lakes, ditches filled with water, the ocean, and anywhere else they could find suitable. Swimming wouldn’t be where it is today without the coach effort put forth through…

swims every open and private pool he goes over on his eighth mile travel home. The story is most likely set in Westchester County, a rural in New York City, since the creator once lived there. Westchester is found north of New York City and is one of the wealthiest districts in America. The author of "The Swimmer" has not straightforwardly portrayed the narrative of Neddy, rather; he has utilized images. Swimming pools in the short story are utilized…