I have my reasons. (There are always reasons....)
2. Swimming is the one form of exercise I can enjoy outside right now without sweating.
3. Once I pass a certain totally-made-up-in-my-head number of days pursuing this activity? I will feel absolutely justified, if not obligated, to share that I'm swimming every day with everybody I speak to for a time span of over three minutes. (Random folks I know who might be reading here? Consider yourselves duly warned...).
I might even begin bringing it up with telemarketers rather than simply hanging up.
Telemarketer: May I please speak with AustinAgrodolce?
Me: Speaking
Tmarketer: How are you this evening?
Me: Pretty good, actually
Tmarketer: That's great. I'm calling tonight on behalf of...
Me: (interrupting) Say! Do you exercise regularly?
Tmarketer: Um, I'm calling tonight to talk to you about....
Me: Because I've been swimming laps every day now for a while? And I'm really getting into it.
Tmarketer: Yes, well, I'm calling....
Me: (Interrupting again) I could probably help you get started with an exercise program all your own if you have a few minutes?
Tmarketer: ........
Right???
By then if there is any justice in this world they'll have hung up on me, I can get back to watching the Olympics and peace will reign in all the land. At least, all the land in my living room.
5 comments:
Oh my gosh you're funny! I've been thinking about swimming too. I'm getting rounder :/ My aunt has moved close by and they are almost finished with the building of their pool. I could swim in private which is most desirable as I'm not a 'real' swimmer. Now with the thought of tormenting telemarketers the idea is even more appealing.
Cat: Swimming in private is the bomb. I know you'll love it. The only competition (or observing eyes) I worried about were the various wasps that periodically land on the pool surface. Once I convinced myself they weren't going to be aggressive as I blithely splashed by, we were all fine.
I'm not sure what you mean by a "real" swimmer. I simply swim back and forth. To me it is the smartest way to endure our shared uber-summer. I say, give it a try!
I have always wanted to swim. Swim well, I mean. I can dog paddle. I can swim underwater. But my strokes are terrible and I can't breathe right and I've never learned to keep going and breathe for more than a few feet.
In my 20s, I wanted to swim so I could do a triathalon. I got the biking and running down, but never could get the swimming.
And that's why I'm not a triathlete! (Yeah, right.)
PS: Good for you! Keep it up. (Both the swimming and the bragging. Every good deed deserves a little promotion.)
Joan, Yay! Thanks for dropping in.
I've never even been tempted to train for a triathalon. I believe I could manage the biking and swimming parts, it is the running bit which might kill me.
Or, I might kill somebody else, accidentally, probably. Either scenario=death for somebody. Not good either way.
My swims are not technical. I get in the water and keep moving for X minutes. Bingo bongo.
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