Jan 11, 2023Gratitudes 1. finally got to see my friends at the park 2. got to swim with my regular swim buddy 3. popcorn
Tag: swim-buddy
Down Time is Starting to Chafe
July 9, 2022 SaturdayToday at the lake…still not at the lake. It’s been one month and three days since my surgery, and I am finally out of the wheelchair (f yea!!) and walking with a walker. Progress Saw…
Spun Around
Today at the lake….I am on my couch. Flat out. Sweaty, dizzy, waiting to succumb to my second COVID Moderna vaccination from this afternoon. Feeling Crappy I wanted to go back to bed when I got home because doing this daily TMS treatment is killing me. I’m not sleeping, so I’m a zombie all week. I usually sleep without…
Friday On My Mind
15 April 2022 | Sunny | Water 46 FToday at the lake, it was sunny, it was Friday, it was perfect. I met my swim buddy again, and finally remembered to bring my extra gloves so she could wear them over her 1mm…
Swimming in Thermal
Lake temp 47 F | April 1 2022Today at the lake it was cold and choppy. I pushed too hard to do my 20 minute swim, and now I’m really exhausted. Still, I’m always glad to get my water time in. I…
Swim with Friend and Sunbeams
Today at the lake I went to another beach. It’s one of my favorites. The water is clear, I get a different view, and the beach is right at the end of a busy street of small neighborhood shops. There’s also a big apartment complex sticking out into/over the water. Even better, the bottom is SAND. No pebbles, no icky seaweed creepies. Sand beach, sand on the lake floor.I like swimming here because it feels safer. It’s not hidden away like the other beaches inside parks. People coming and going. Today people were sitting on the benches, probably wondering what those two crazy…
“Sing, Women” Swim Women
Feb 14, 2022 | water temp 40 FToday at the lake, I swam with K and K. The People Dis-robing before the swim It has been so long since I swam with them; I was really happy to see them again. I…
Sunny Swim with Sunbeam Magic
Today at the lake I got to swim with K, who I haven’t seen since the crazy wavy jumping outing months and months ago. I wrote a little chant for us to say before we got in the lake, “We are sea witches, proud and true; we’re going to swim in the lake so blue!” I am amazed by…
Big Waves, Dark Night, Old Swim Buddy
Today at the lake I swam in crazy strong waves, in the dark, while my summer swim buddy spotted me from the beach. To be honest, I quit swimming a week ago, maybe longer, because I was so exhausted with putting so much time into finding swim buddies and almost never finding anyone to swim with. I have…
NightSwimming
Today at the lake, I finally got to do a real night swim with V, another swimmer I met via online FB groups. I’ve tried to organize a couple of Friday night swims on the FB page I started for women who swim in the lake….and they never get off the ground. But V also likes to swim at night, and tonight things fell into place for both of us. We were both almost 30 min late because of traffic, so by the time we got our gear on and entered the water…it might have been 7:45pm? Lights from homes on the other side of the lake As we were gearing up, we were noticing all the lights. To our right: a huge condo complex. Anyone with a north-facing window has a…