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March 11, 2008
Another Pool Blog
Sometimes amused, other times a tad more sleepy... that's mostly how I arrive at the pool in the morning and this morning was definitely more sleepy than amused. I meant to be at the pool at 7, but waking up at five-to-seven made that near impossible unless I was racing there like a speed demon at 120mph. Yeah, not happening.
So I got to the pool at 7:30 and it was quiet. Graveyard quiet. Except maybe for the girl behind the counter who swiped my card without so much as a word. Maybe she's a zombie or something. Although, maybe everyone is a zombie at that time of the morning.
There was exactly 8 people in the pool - 3 in the narrow fast lane, 4 in the less narrow medium lane and... 1 in the lane that takes up half of the pool... yes, the slow lane. I hopped into the medium lane for good measure and this prompted the girl that was doing backstroke and the-man-that-wears-too-much-aftershave-to-the-pool to move to the slow lane. The girl that swims backstroke did a very good job of swimming diagonally, so it was probably a blessing in disguise.
It was in the pool that I realised my body is still a tad tired. And I don't mean in the I-got-too-little-sleep kind of way. I mean in the at-some-stage-I-tapped-all-the-energy-out-of-my-body kind of way. I felt SLUGGISH. But I swam until I could swim no more without being late for work and then rushed through the shower where the pregnant girl/woman was soaping herself up to the point that I thought the bubbles would start rushing out the door, into my little cubicle, realised I didn't bring socks (AGAIN!) but decided what-the-heck and put my boots on anyway.
Now there is 30 minutes left before I shall go for a run, but first I have to await my husband's return from work with the goodies that he got from the store that will make my clothes whiter than white and smelling fresher than fresh. All without hanging them outside because some storm has decided to hit the UK and batter us with winds and water.
Have a fun day everyone!
Posted by karinm at March 11, 2008 6:01 PM