It’s the time we’ve all been waiting for. The time we dreamed about in the middle of those 12 hour shifts. Finally, the season has come to an end. Sure, we have a few weekends left, but many of us have worked our last shift, whistled at a running kid for the last time. So here’s all the things I want to say but will probably forget about in the hullabaloo of clearing out my locker.

Thank you for being the best coworkers I could ask for. I used to work at a grocery store so I actually do have a comparison for this, and believe me, you guys blew them out of the water. In the beginning of the season we had some rough times. But we didn’t let it hurt us, we didn’t quit and let the whole summer have a cloud hanging over it. Instead, we came together and became stronger than ever, which was helped by the group message and just by the fact that you guys rock.

From the before-work meals at Omeletty’s to after volleyball get-togethers at Cone Palace, you guys made my summer. I always had someone willing to grab food with me, bring me food or eat my leftovers (wow, we ate a lot). Thank you for sharing the popsicles and Capri Suns that were supposed to be for the swim lessons kids (they get that kind of stuff on the daily, we deserved it more, right?). When I went to concerts, I always knew at least three of my coworkers were there, which was good because in a crowd of thousands (I’m looking at you Luke Bryan), it’s nice to know there’s some people who have your back.

Thank you for helping me face my fear of heights when we went cliff-diving. Thank you for the photo shoot calendar. Thank you for being the most spectacularly odd, amazing, wonderful group of people to work with.

Thank you to my coordinators. I’m sorry for that time I didn’t take off the right day for the Luke Bryan concert. Thank you for finding someone to cover my shift and not yelling at me and instead requesting that I just tell you how it went instead. Thank you for always thinking of me when someone else needed a shift covered, also thank you from my bank account. I know you guys were stressed always trying to make the right teams and cover people’s shifts, especially you-know-who’s constant days off for her family emergencies, like that time she had to go shopping. She’ll never say thank you so I’ll say it for her.

Thank you to the managers for bringing in the cheese doodles. I didn’t actually think cheese doodles were real, but they are and they are delicious. Thank you for letting us go down the slides when we were overheating. Thank you for having our backs when crazy patrons went off on us.

From sunny days where we died, to the cold, rainy days when there was only one person in the pool, you all made summer 2016 the best summer yet.