Rubber ducky...

1st realization: oh yeah, swim goggles ARE super dorky. 2nd: so are swim caps! 3rd: I don't remember junior high/early high school swim team as well as I thought, since I don't remember looking this silly. :) We went up to Riverside Park at 136th Street for our first swim training session. Walking into the building smelled like high school. Everyone was a little nervous, I think, and there were a lot of women wrapped in their towels - I'm not sure if that was due to cold or shyness. That brought me to my first realization - these people are going to be some of the only people in the world to see me with no vanity coverage. No smoothing out bags or zits. Lots of sweaty gear. Ack! But what can you do? Some things are just more important! I just feel bad for THEM.

Jason looked ADORABLE in his speedo trunks. I wasn't allowed to point it out at the time, but he bought these sporty little (and I mean little) swim shorts, and his tushie is just fantastic. They're like the boxer briefs of the swimsuit world. *Awesome* (Sigh - Jason)

I'm really bad at breaking my swimming into its pieces, but when we were to put it all together, it was just like old times... I'm fine for about 50 meters, and no more! I never did have a bit of endurance. That will just have to come with more practice, since we have 0.9 miles to go in July!

I'm looking forward to next week. We might even take an extra swim this weekend!