Well, my swimming lessons are coming to an end.  I only have 1 more session which is hard for me to believe.  I am really going to miss my weekly visit to the pool and seeing Sal and Gladys and all the other senior citizens.   

 

Last week I was able to try a snorkel mask and fins in the pool.  I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do it because I am claustrophobic, but it was not bad at all!  My instructor fitted me with a children’s mask because my face is so small (yeah it is the only thing small on my body) along with breathing tube thingy and fins.  It was great fun. I loved it.  I thought, “to hell with swimming lessons let me just cruise around the pool doing this for the whole class”.  I haven’t decided whether I will buy my own gear or just rent it in Hawaii.  I would like to have my own but it would also be a pain to try and pack and when am I going to use it here in Ohio? What am I going to do, snorkel in Buckeye Lake? 

BIG NEWS: I am going to have to move to the bigger lap pool next week because the therapy pool is too small for me.  I am able to make it to one side to the other without much effort.  Patty wants me to practice going a longer distance.   This will be the first time in my swimming history that I have progressed to the next level.  I have waited my whole life to be bumped up to the “big kids” pool.  I did it!  I will have my final lesson wrap up next week. 

 Next:  Graduation