Keep moving...

Day 13
ibuprofen: none so far...

Another swimming workout today, and I am having a devil of a time with the "crawl" stroke. So here is what was going through my head as I went along...

breathe, stroke, stroke, oh yeah, I have to kick too but not too deep oh geez I gotta breathe...
stroke stroke....nose full of water, splutter, oh yeah I have to kick too holy crap....too many things to think of at one time...gasp...don't hold your breath....mouth full of water...oh yeah I have to kick too...geez I'm gonna drown....people are gonna laugh at me because I can't even breathe right when I'm trying to swim...maybe they will be too busy doing their own thing to notice. Maybe only the lifeguards will be watching, and I don't care if they laugh at me. Try to breathe, stroke, stroke....another nose full of water....why oh why can't I do this right....try to breathe....just keep moving, even if it doesn't look good....keep moving, keep moving....

About this time, I flip over onto my back and do a backstroke for a while. Sometimes I bump my head into the side of the pool (ouch). I can do all kinds of funky side and back strokes. One of our Fearless Leaders tells me there are no rules about how you get to the end, you just have to do it under your own power. Maybe I will get the Funky Stroke Award. And as long as I make it to the finish, maybe that is all right. I'll try to keep moving.