Thursday, February 24, 2011

~~~~4 Feet Under: Glub Glub Chronicles~~~~

I wish I had something more original to quip. But the TV series, two numbers more, that bowled me over in high school always inspired sad one liners. And here's mine :P


I force myself 4 feet under....water. Every Wednesday night, I walk half a mile across the campus at about 7 pm into the gym. A couple of minutes later, I am trying my best to work on my fear. Yes it's swimming.


I love bathing in the sea and splashing around in the pool but never have I ever swam and I'm getting frustrated letting my fears grow stronger over the years.


When in Hawaii over winter break, I felt like an idiot waddling around with a tube in a 4 feet pool.


And SO It's my New Year's resolution to learn to swim this year and for a change I am sticking to mine. Only that it's pending from 2010.


'High time'. Ha ha!


Glub glub chronicles begin here :)


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Day 1


"Give me a dead man's float".


I splutter through the chlorinated water barely able to say "How?" because my teeth refuse to stop clattering and here my 21 year old coach is asking me to simply let go on my first day of swimming lessons!


"I have control issues DUDE!" I yell back furiously.......in my head.


 I mean, when in water, I am freaked out of letting my feet float off.


"Take a leap of faith", he adds promising to spot me.


Right!


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More to come!