Tonight, for the first time in I-couldn't-begin-to-guess-when, I went to a swim
at a  public pool. After checking the pool schedule yesterday, I told my
daughter that we'd go *today* -- mostly because I knew if I told her, I
couldn't let her down by backing out of it. And it was something, on some
level, I very much wanted to do.

We went for all of an hour. I spent about 20 minutes doing maybe four of the
slowest, saddest-looking laps you've ever seen; 10 minutes playing around in
the shallow water with The Kid; and 30 minutes in the deep end with her,
jumping off the diving board and swimming back to the ladder.

Frankly, even with that little amount of activity, my arms (especially my
shoulders) hurt, and I'm kinda wondering how I'll feel in the morning. But I
also had fun and am pleased and proud that I did the thing. Maybe we'll try it
again another Wednesday night (next Wednesday night?), even! :)

And tomorrow, I go to look at a used bike to maybe buy.

beeswing