I need to swim!! (venting)

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So I'm kinda irked. I've been swimming the majority of my life. I quit a few years ago (not entirely, just the whole 3 hour workout, 6 days a week thing). Well now I have an awesome job (wildland firefighter) but it's out in the middle of nowhere, which I actually love. But the problem is, there's not really any pools around me. The nearest one is a YMCA about 45 minutes away, which isn't bad except that I absolutely cannot be even 30 seconds late for work. Plus we PT pretty hard at work, so doing a workout before hand would be suicide. I work across the street from a big lake where no swimming is allowed (a big tease) and in front of a camp ground that has a tiny polluted pool (another tease). Bah!! I'm frustrated. I'm having chlorine withdrawals. I have two days off where I drive back to civilization, but for the past few weeks I've had so much to do that I haven't made it to the pool on my days off. So I'm just venting. I think I'm going to clean my barracks out with bleach just to get that homely smell again. I now see the arguement behind one of those little pools where the water moves so you can swim in place. I used to think they were pretty dorky, now I think they're cool.
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    Well, we do have a bus system, I'm vision impaired so I use the disability services, UNFORTUNATELY, you have to schedule a trip fourteen days in advance in order to have a sure ride to where ever you're going, which includes a pickup (from your house) and a return back home. I can't predict the future and see where we'll be meeting, nor do I know when the meet will end. George, I like your idea. I'll have to discuss that with my teammates and see if there's a way I can attend these things. I love Masters and Swimming, and I'm NOT about to quit because of transportation problems.
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  • Former Member
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    Well, we do have a bus system, I'm vision impaired so I use the disability services, UNFORTUNATELY, you have to schedule a trip fourteen days in advance in order to have a sure ride to where ever you're going, which includes a pickup (from your house) and a return back home. I can't predict the future and see where we'll be meeting, nor do I know when the meet will end. George, I like your idea. I'll have to discuss that with my teammates and see if there's a way I can attend these things. I love Masters and Swimming, and I'm NOT about to quit because of transportation problems.
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