Swimmingly

How's my semester going? Great so far! I'm not teaching and am enjoying the break. And I've stayed healthy so far.

My big excitement this semester is the wonderful swimming schedule. I get to swim six days a week! And I've really improved. Tonight I swam for an hour and a half. At one point I did 4.75 laps without a break. I could have done many more, but I stopped to help a guy get his goggles from the bottom of the deep end. I was swimming very slowly, but I swam steadily and didn't feel tired. That's a huge improvement in stamina, efficiency, and confidence. And I'm now fitting into pants I haven't worn in a year or more. This is what I hoped to accomplish last semester. Well, that and more cooking and cleaning. I'm still working on the cooking and cleaning.