My sister changed her mind about going swimming yesterday. She said she wasn’t feeling very well. This isn’t really new. If she can’t be arsed to do something she’ll come up with something like that.
I went alone. It took me a while to organize myself out the door. I arrived at the leisure centre half an hour after the session started. I stayed in the pool for about 70 minutes.
It wasn’t odd. It wasn’t weird. I just got in, minded my own business and got on with what I was doing. I swam 14 consecutive lengths of the pool, without stopping. I believe the pool is 20 meters long so that is 280 meters in one hit. That’s the furthest I’ve swam in one go. I’m pretty sure of that. I have a 100 meters badge from when I learnt to swim at school.
Overall I did 42 lengths. The rest had breaks between some of them. There was one woman who got in the pool with her family and decided she would swim faster across the pool than me before announcing to her family that I’m crap. Well, I’m not a strong swimmer. I’m also a very slow swimmer. I’m not swimming to try and impress anyone else. In the back of my mind, it is calling – tri, tri, tri, triathlon. Some people are just nice like that though. I don’t really understand it. Well, I do. Some people like to put others down to either look big themselves or to hide their own insecurities.
My front crawl could do with some work. I did most of the lengths breast stroke, only four were front crawl. The first attempt at that, I zig zagged across the lane I was in!!!
Maria. Well organizing to meet her is a toll in itself! I’ve said that the best way to do things is to decided on the day if she wants me to go and see her or not. It was mooted for today. Nope. She’s changed her mind. “Wednesday will be better, I don’t have things to do on Wednesday” I politely inquired what she had on today, out of interest, “bills to pay” she said and her cross training session which I knew about and thought I was going to do with her. So, again, bollocks. I don’t believe that is the reason she doesn’t want to see me today.
She’s said tomorrow now. I wouldn’t take any bets on it!!! It is incredibly frustrating because when we are together we get on really well but there is something that she seems to be scared of. She’s suggested I go tomorrow (subject to her changing her mind!!!) then I take her back with me Thursday (I have to see the counselor again on Thursday) That way I can take her back straight after so there is no pressure on her and it’ll ease her in to coming to my place. She says she may even feel comfortable enough to stay.
Well, I’ll see what tomorrow brings. I’m really not expecting anything.
I got a run in this morning. 33 minutes. It was a bit crap. Really humid this morning. I was expecting to be overrun by school children heading to school but there weren’t too many. I’m still incredibly slow. I’m usually faster on the road than off road but today that wasn’t the case. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s quite disappointing.
