New Year's Eve

Today and tomorrow, the pool does not open until 8 so I'm having a very leisurely morning - coffee and corn toasters in bed with Zoey. I slept like a rock. I'm breathing fine. Of course, I haven't moved yet so probably that won't last but, for now, I'm enjoying.

I got several comments yesterday about going to the emergency room or urgent care. If/when I ever need to, I will.

Today's plans are to get to the pool and then come right back here. The Seahawks game is a home game today and with the holiday, I expect it's going to be more craze than ever. I will want to get inside and stay inside.

They are getting ready to chop up the main road through this neighborhood. For the next 5 months, the north half of it will be closed as they install infrastructure for a trolley. And they are getting ready to do major construction on a building just to the north of here which will, no doubt, tie up that intersection. So while now, especially with a game, getting around the neighborhood in a car is tricky, soon it will be nearly impossible to get here. At least for a while. Having a trolley up to Pike Place Market and beyond will be quite lovely, however.

How bad can it be?

When I got to the gym this morning, instead of the 2 or 3 cars like there might be on a busy morning at opening, there were at least a dozen. Turns out everyone thought they opened at 7 instead of 8. A guy who was sitting on the bench by the front door said that lots of people had come and left. So the pool was crowded but not terribly so. And by 9 it was nearly empty except for the aqua fit class.

My swim was a struggle from beginning to end. I had to stop at the edge at least every other time. It never did get better BUT it was still fun. Just not as fun.

And... my tracker said I swam 1800 yards. Now... how bad can it be when even at your worst, you can swim 1800 yards? I'm thinking not bad. At all.

I just got a recommendation for a movie (The Circle - I started the book when it first came out but never finished it and never even heard of the movie before. that turns out to be free with Amazon Prime and I have CBS Sunday Morning recorded and ready to watch. And I have a tatertot sausage/egg casserole ready for the oven (I watched an episode of that Pioneer woman show last night). I plan walks up and down the hallway. And maybe some sewing.