Friday misc

[susandennis]

Yesterday's swim killed my arms. From elbow to shoulder. They hurt so much they woke me up more than once last night. They are a bit better this morning. But I think between now and my next swim on Tuesday, I'd be well advised to flail them regularly. Just keep them moving as much as possible. Because ouch! My neck was also whining a little. But, happily so far, my lungs are perfectly fine with the swim.

One of the problems with public pools is public. They let damn near anyone in. So they are crowded and crowded with people who might be there only to play or don't know lap swimming etiquette or just want to cause trouble. The public. And you never know if it will be crowded or not.

COVID requires reservations which is wonderful! You know there will be a space for you. They only let two in a lane at a time so you know won't have to fight for lane real estate. Oh and your swim is all paid for before you even get there. All in all, it's a fabulous system that I will certainly miss but plan to enjoy the heck out of while I have it. Controlled public.

My Wifi went out for 5 hours last night. I woke up once and saw that it was out but this morning saw the outage was a long one. I do not like that BUT at least it was while I was asleep and didn't need the internet. Everything is back and operational this morning.

I sent my buddy at the cable company a note this morning to turn on the Mariners channel which, of course, means turn on a boat load of others that I will never watch. BUT also turn on HGTV which I will. Massive cable bills between now and October but worth it. I hope.

Since my vaccine appointment was moved, I have zero on the calendar for today which is good because I have a lot of other stuff on my own todo list. I think I'll just get started on it now.

Comments

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Fantastic news about the lungs!

[stainsteelrat.livejournal.com]

There have been some definite advantages with the lockdowns, and many things I will miss if/when we go back to normal.

[susandennis]

yep for sure!

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I miss swimming in the pool in my apt bldg sooooooo much

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

HGTV!

[alice-mccoy.livejournal.com]

Off topic but here in England hubby and I watched BBC programme 'Monty Don's American Gardens '. He visited Seattle and explored Windcliff garden, the spheres and a garden of glass sculptures . We loved the latter. Hubby collects contemporary glass so a garden of extremes was fascinating. Ok some of the pieces were not to our taste but we would love to physically see them in that setting.
There were some general shots around the city and I just enjoyed seeing something that would be familiar to you.

[amw.livejournal.com]

How do you avoid bumping into one another when two people are in the same lane?

[susandennis]

You each take a side and stay there. We were in the lane closest to the side of the pool. I swam back and forth nearest the lane marker and he swam back and forth next to the wall.

In regular times, at this pool, you share one lane with many and you all swim in a circle. It's an ok way to do it as long as everyone is going at the same speed. When you split the lane (like above) you can go as fast or as slow as you wan.

[amw.livejournal.com]

For some reason i always thought lap pools would be like in the Olympics where everyone gets a lane of their own. I'd be so worried i'd bump into the other person if i had to share - i remember as a kid i'd often end up swimming into the ropes unless i really paid attention to the line on the ground. It always amazed me that people doing backstroke could somehow stay in a straight line. There was one very embarrassing swimming competition in school where i ploughed straight into a rope and had to stand up to reorient myself, half a lap behind everyone else. I felt like the whole school was laughing at me. Perhaps i am just a uniquely terrible swimmer.

[susandennis]

It's not you! Sharing a lane with a backstroker is the worst. Also, plowing into the lane dividers is a thing — a thing I actually did several times on Thursday. I have to wear gloves because of it. Our lane dividers are hard plastic disks. My old lady skin easily develops senile purpura (ugly old people blood bruises) if it hits something hard. So I wear neoprene web gloves when I swim so when I whack into those dividers, I don't come out with the backs of my hands totally purple. Swimming is hard! :)