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MeredithMan · 04-29-2018, 11:23 AM

Between the ages of 12-16, (1974-1978), my mother and I would spend the summer at the lake and my father came up on weekends. We'd head up the day school got out in June and not go back to MA until the day before school started. When I was 16 and had my license, I so wanted to work the summer at the lake, but my father wouldn't hear of it....had to be back in MA working in the family construction business...a "real job"...not "goofing off at the lake". Dug ditches, drove a dump truck, carried sheetrock, etc, every summer from 16 through college, but still came to the lake every weekend. Actually taught me a lot of life lessons.

My daughter has waitressed the last 3 summers at The Akwa and has lived at the lake from May through August. She made some decent coin, learned a lot, and has made some very great friends of all ages, both co-workers and customers. She graduates in a couple weeks with a Bachelor's in Nursing and will become an RN, so hopefully no more waitressing, but loves the lake and is pursuing jobs in NH!

04-29-2018, 11:23 AM	#18
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 944 Thanks: 262 Thanked 812 Times in 331 Posts	I wish.... Between the ages of 12-16, (1974-1978), my mother and I would spend the summer at the lake and my father came up on weekends. We'd head up the day school got out in June and not go back to MA until the day before school started. When I was 16 and had my license, I so wanted to work the summer at the lake, but my father wouldn't hear of it....had to be back in MA working in the family construction business...a "real job"...not "goofing off at the lake". Dug ditches, drove a dump truck, carried sheetrock, etc, every summer from 16 through college, but still came to the lake every weekend. Actually taught me a lot of life lessons. My daughter has waitressed the last 3 summers at The Akwa and has lived at the lake from May through August. She made some decent coin, learned a lot, and has made some very great friends of all ages, both co-workers and customers. She graduates in a couple weeks with a Bachelor's in Nursing and will become an RN, so hopefully no more waitressing, but loves the lake and is pursuing jobs in NH!