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Sep. 26th, 2014
This morning before I got into the pool, I turned my Shuffle to an episode of This American Life. It was a great one and my swim went by almost un-noticed. I kind of missed it. After the episode ended, I took a couple of laps to focus on the swim.
I've been playing with diving - in water diving. A couple of weeks ago, my earbuds got away from me and ended up at the bottom of the deep end. A regular swimmer from a couple of lanes over spied the problem and before I knew it, had gone down to the bottom, grabbed them and handed them back to me. I was astounded.
I have natural boyancy. Probaly mostly because I am fat. I can be vertical in the water with little or no movement at all for a long time. I think I could do it indefinately. So getting to the bottom of the pool - even without breathing issues - seems impossible to me.
But, I've been kind of practicing. Diving down as far as I can go. My first attempts were hilarious. In 3 feet of water, I could almost touch the bottom. But doing 3 or 4 dives at the end of every swim now has honed my skills. I can now easily get down and touch the bottom with my legs extended above me and completely submurged - at about the 7/8 foot level. I worry about breathing and even that is getting easier. I'm probably kidding myself but wouldn't it be cool if I was making my lungs work better? The deepest is 12 feet. I have a ways to go on that one.
I found a new ring lap counter that also does lap timing. And gives you average lap times. I'm not een sure I understand how it works since it has only one buttom but... apparently it works great so I ordered one. The website said it would take 3 to 5 days to ship from Maryland so I figured it wouldn't be here until the first or second week in October. But... I got a note nearly immediately that it had shipped and would be here Saturday! Except I just checked this morning and the post office website says it's Out for Delivery!!
I've been playing with diving - in water diving. A couple of weeks ago, my earbuds got away from me and ended up at the bottom of the deep end. A regular swimmer from a couple of lanes over spied the problem and before I knew it, had gone down to the bottom, grabbed them and handed them back to me. I was astounded.
I have natural boyancy. Probaly mostly because I am fat. I can be vertical in the water with little or no movement at all for a long time. I think I could do it indefinately. So getting to the bottom of the pool - even without breathing issues - seems impossible to me.
But, I've been kind of practicing. Diving down as far as I can go. My first attempts were hilarious. In 3 feet of water, I could almost touch the bottom. But doing 3 or 4 dives at the end of every swim now has honed my skills. I can now easily get down and touch the bottom with my legs extended above me and completely submurged - at about the 7/8 foot level. I worry about breathing and even that is getting easier. I'm probably kidding myself but wouldn't it be cool if I was making my lungs work better? The deepest is 12 feet. I have a ways to go on that one.
I found a new ring lap counter that also does lap timing. And gives you average lap times. I'm not een sure I understand how it works since it has only one buttom but... apparently it works great so I ordered one. The website said it would take 3 to 5 days to ship from Maryland so I figured it wouldn't be here until the first or second week in October. But... I got a note nearly immediately that it had shipped and would be here Saturday! Except I just checked this morning and the post office website says it's Out for Delivery!!
My bare feet sent me a little txt today saying 'do you know where our slippers are????'
My brain said... hmmm might it be a good day to put the beloved air conditioner down for her winter nap? Yep. and YEAH!!
Despite its reputation, Seattle is not a humid place. Even though I live 1 block from a ginormous body of water. Especially in Summer... not humid. Proof? I pulled the plug on the a/c to drain it before I put it away... bone dry. Not a drop. Nothing, nada. Wild. My old a/c always gave me enough to fill 2 bowls.
My old one was also way bigger and way heavier. I'd forgotten but this one came with two bags. One to put over the unit during hybernation and one for all the accessories - most of which I do not use or need but feel compelled to hang on to. I did clean out the filter which a re-read of the manual tells me I should have been doing every week. Ooops.
Anyway, the pet door (I use for venting) is now tucked away out of sight and the a/c is all bedded down and in its closet where it fits much better than the old one. Thank you, air conditioner, for making my Summer tolerable.
My brain said... hmmm might it be a good day to put the beloved air conditioner down for her winter nap? Yep. and YEAH!!
Despite its reputation, Seattle is not a humid place. Even though I live 1 block from a ginormous body of water. Especially in Summer... not humid. Proof? I pulled the plug on the a/c to drain it before I put it away... bone dry. Not a drop. Nothing, nada. Wild. My old a/c always gave me enough to fill 2 bowls.
My old one was also way bigger and way heavier. I'd forgotten but this one came with two bags. One to put over the unit during hybernation and one for all the accessories - most of which I do not use or need but feel compelled to hang on to. I did clean out the filter which a re-read of the manual tells me I should have been doing every week. Ooops.
Anyway, the pet door (I use for venting) is now tucked away out of sight and the a/c is all bedded down and in its closet where it fits much better than the old one. Thank you, air conditioner, for making my Summer tolerable.
The short history of seasons in Seattle
Sep. 26th, 2014 10:54 amI started my journal in March of 2002. That year I started chronicling (I just made each air conditioning entry a 'memory') when I set up the air conditioner each year and when I put it away. Interesting...
| SET UP | PUT AWAY |
| 6/21/2002 | 9/6/2002 |
| 6/6/2003 | 9/12/2003 |
| 6/17/2004 | 9/5/2004 |
| 6/9/2005 | 9/4/2005 |
| 6/1/2006 | 9/16/2006 |
| 6/1/2007 | 9/17/2007 |
| 6/25/2008 | 9/20/2008 |
| 5/30/2009 | 9/25/2009 |
| 6/12/2010 | 10/6/2010 |
| 6/25/2011 | 10/6/2011 |
| 5/27/2012 | 9/2/2012 |
| 5/5/2013 | 9/16/2013 |
| 5/15/2014 | 9/26/2014 |