kathy- that's awesome! it still takes me 45min to an hr to swim a mile and i was a super competitive swimmer for decades. just making that distance is impressive! Don't think i mentioned it before, but whenever i got leg cramps coaches would yell at me to keep hydrated better and up my potassium levels. a bananna earlier in the day is usually good for that.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erin_obscure - Jan 30, 2011 7:11:57 am PST #19997 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Consuela - Jan 30, 2011 7:14:06 am PST #19998 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Go Kathy!
WTF hammering rain. So much for running this morning: I shall sit inside and write, and pay bills, and read.
Kathy A - Jan 30, 2011 7:18:29 am PST #19999 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yeah, I have to definitely up my water drinking. (I'm just finishing off my first liter of the day right now.) Cool thing was that my first cramp showed up just as I was finishing the last few strokes of my last lap!! So, I think it might have been more of a "get my legs used to doing 33 laps" thing than a deficiency thing. But, I am definitely going to continue drinking more water and getting my vitamins in ahead of time.
At the end of the swim, the woman swimming in the lane next to me and I had a little chat. She looks like a great swimmer, but was saying how her daughter swims a mile in 18 minutes, so when she comes home boasting that she can get her mile in an hour, her daughter laughs at her. But, considering that her daughter just taught her how to swim three years ago, I thought she was doing amazingly well and told her so! When she said that she had been terrified of the water before then, I was flabbergasted because she's so good now.
My mom was in a similar situation, learning how to swim for the first time in her 40s, but she never got past the stage of "dog-paddle and can keep her face under the water for five seconds only." I'm proud of her for getting that far, actually, considering that she's still rather afraid of the water.
Lee - Jan 30, 2011 7:30:37 am PST #20000 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Happy Birthday Anne!
Polter-Cow - Jan 30, 2011 7:35:29 am PST #20001 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Happy birthday, Anne!
Strix - Jan 30, 2011 7:40:55 am PST #20002 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Happy birthday, Anne!
Kathy A - Jan 30, 2011 7:56:37 am PST #20003 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Happy birthday, Anne!!
Calli - Jan 30, 2011 8:00:19 am PST #20004 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Anne!
Sue - Jan 30, 2011 8:03:37 am PST #20005 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Anne!
Anne W. - Jan 30, 2011 8:14:21 am PST #20006 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you all very much!
It's been a very nice birthday so far--I had a nice dinner out last night.
I'm actually at work at the moment, but that's to do a time-consuming but easy project that I need to be on-premises to do. It's due end of day tomorrow, but the weather is supposed to be fugly (freezing rain), so I don't want to have to worry about being able to make it in. Plus, comp time and I can sit in my cube and read/play on the internet while things process.