This morning I was not planning on going to the pool, but when I looked outside it was raining. I went to the pool and spent the best hour that I have had in a long, long time. I spend the time kicking (I hate kicking with a passion) and just feeling the rain on my face. It was such a serene experience with the water droplets hitting my goggles and the feeling that it was just me, the rain, and the water. The mountains were covered in mist and no one else was in the pool, although there was one rather wet lifeguard that kept glaring at me. When I got out I felt refreshed and renewed and ready to face the rest of my day. Does anyone else have a beautiful experience at the pool?
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At the pool I used to swim at, the 7-8 year olds were the last group to swim before adult lap swim. Consequently, I often ran into the boys in the locker room as they were changing to go home. There always seemed to be a predominant topic of conversation. Some I remember are:
1) Who is the coolest girl in school? Conclusion: "Brooke" was the coolest girl in school because "she didn't act like a girl." She also had a good selection of games for her Playstation and she'd let you play them.
2) Who was Joan of Arc? (Background: Some of the kids went to the local public school and some went to St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Hershey). This was an intense conversation without much in the way of facts and it was finally decided (mainly because the Catholic school kids said so) that Joan of Arc was Jesus' girlfriend.
3) "I know where babies come from." - Some kid, in trying to show how smart he was, accidently let it slip that he knew because his sister in 10th grade had just come home pregnant.
4) Where is Johnny? (Background: Johnny was retarded and his great love in life was to float around in the pool. He was, in fact, sent to group home because his dad had become unable to care for him and he had no other relatives.) This was unanimous: Johnny was sent to jail for pooping in the pool on more than 1 occasion (the latter part true) and that's why your mom told you never to pee in the pool - they had a special chemical that showed it and they'd lock you up.
5) The worst thing. EVER. "Sean" had been talking to "Jenny" in the lunchroom at school and all of a sudden, without provocation or warning, she had kissed him ON THE LIPS in front of EVERYONE and asked if he wanted to be her boyfriend. It was generally agreed that "Sean": 1) Had moped for days after this catastrophe 2) Might as well give up on life, 3) Would probably get AIDS since that is how you got it and 4) that everyone was glad that he wasn't on the swim team.
-LBJ
At the pool I used to swim at, the 7-8 year olds were the last group to swim before adult lap swim. Consequently, I often ran into the boys in the locker room as they were changing to go home. There always seemed to be a predominant topic of conversation. Some I remember are:
1) Who is the coolest girl in school? Conclusion: "Brooke" was the coolest girl in school because "she didn't act like a girl." She also had a good selection of games for her Playstation and she'd let you play them.
2) Who was Joan of Arc? (Background: Some of the kids went to the local public school and some went to St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Hershey). This was an intense conversation without much in the way of facts and it was finally decided (mainly because the Catholic school kids said so) that Joan of Arc was Jesus' girlfriend.
3) "I know where babies come from." - Some kid, in trying to show how smart he was, accidently let it slip that he knew because his sister in 10th grade had just come home pregnant.
4) Where is Johnny? (Background: Johnny was retarded and his great love in life was to float around in the pool. He was, in fact, sent to group home because his dad had become unable to care for him and he had no other relatives.) This was unanimous: Johnny was sent to jail for pooping in the pool on more than 1 occasion (the latter part true) and that's why your mom told you never to pee in the pool - they had a special chemical that showed it and they'd lock you up.
5) The worst thing. EVER. "Sean" had been talking to "Jenny" in the lunchroom at school and all of a sudden, without provocation or warning, she had kissed him ON THE LIPS in front of EVERYONE and asked if he wanted to be her boyfriend. It was generally agreed that "Sean": 1) Had moped for days after this catastrophe 2) Might as well give up on life, 3) Would probably get AIDS since that is how you got it and 4) that everyone was glad that he wasn't on the swim team.
-LBJ
