Wednesday

[susandennis]

I am a slow swimmer. I'm steady, I can go a long time without stopping at all but I go slowly... It's been a while since I've listened to a book while swimming. I starting listening, this morning, to Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains. I felt like it really slowed me down but, after I got own and sync'd my wrist with the Misfit app, turns out I was wrong. It usually takes me an hour to do 1.3 miles. Today I did 1.3 miles in an hour. Cool.

When it first came out, I read his Soul of a New Machine. It was fascinating. When I got to the end, I started at the beginning again and read it through a second time. I do not remember ever doing that with any other book. That man can flat tell a story.

Plus, now that I've figured out how to make iTunes know it is a book, I can, if I like, flip between book and music without losing my book place. Excellent!

The house cleaner is due today. So I go through my usual angst about that. When I'm not here, she seems to get done more quickly which is better but I don't really have any place I want to go. I love having a clean house but I hate having to deal with the cleaner. She's very well meaning but I'd really rather the house got cleaned by magic. Plus she's always always late and then kills another 15 minutes complaining about why she was late - traffic, family issues, etc. Plus the orchid looks way worse today and she's going to have a 15 minute fit over that as well. Sigh. Can there be anything more tacky than complaining about the help? Sometimes I do not make myself proud.

My internet keeps having hiccoughs and it's very annoying. It will stop for a minute and then resume - over and over again. I did see, yesterday, on Reddit that it's not only me so at least that's a little comforting but still. Get It Together. WaveG.

Now I have managed to screw around doing not much of anything for more than an hour. Time to get started on this day!

Comments

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

I thought of you last night while watching the nightly news with Lester Holt. They interviewed a woman who is a swimmer. She is 75 years old and does 120 laps daily. She has won over 50 medals. Impressive!

I would love to have a house cleaner. Unfortunately, I would drive myself nuts cleaning the house before he/she came over.

[susandennis]

Ha! Well, she's old. I'm only 67 and she only swims 6 days a week. I do 7. Medals... schemdals. :) funny.

And you are right about the house cleaner. It makes me keep my house pretty darned tidy all the time so I don't have to pick up stuff before she comes. But, I never ever ever clean. In fact, on Tuesday nights, before her Wednesdays, I usually try to fix something really messy for dinner :)

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

Have you always been a swimmer? When did you start? I'm a terrible swimmer but reading your posts makes me think about giving it a try again sometime. I did try water aerobics a few times, I think it's been 4 or 5 years ago now.

If you ever find a way to have your house cleaned by magic, will you let me know? lol I keep thinking about getting a cleaner, even if someone just did the bathroom it would make me happy. I hope she doesn't give you too hard a time about the orchid!

[susandennis]

Good swimming questions. I think I'll just use your q's as fodder for an entry. Thanks!

She's here now... no orchid talk but she was really late and knows I hate late so maybe the orchid drama won't be huge :)

[rosegardenfae.livejournal.com]

My house cleaner tends to irritate me at times. I tell myself I should be grateful to have a house cleaner and truly I am, but I just wish she would shut her mouth as she never stops talking.

[twicet.livejournal.com]

I try and make sure I have something to go out to or for the day my house gets clean. she is a lovely lady, but she does like to talk. If only we could wave a magic wand:)

[lifeinroseland.livejournal.com]

How do you listen to a book while swimming?

[susandennis]

I have an iPod Shuffle that has been waterproofed (lots of companies buy the shuffles from Apple and then waterproof them). You just clip it onto your googles and go. I mostly listen to music but today... a book.

[lifeinroseland.livejournal.com]

Whoa! I would have never even thought that was possible!

[susandennis]

Oh yeah. You can actually waterproof nearly anything but the bigger it is the more expensive it is. A shuffle is $50 from Apple and $125 after it's been waterproofed... (although you can sometime get a better deal)

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=waterproof+ipod+shuffle

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I hate being in the house when anyone else is there, unless I am ill when the cleaner comes (which has only happened once) I'll go out