Elephant seal status with hardly swimming

today was a very busy day at the pool. i think there was an old lady swimming class, actually i know there was. there were many residule old ladies left bobbing up and down in the pool when i got there and a solid five minutes after. i had to be in the "4th" lane, which is really 2 lanes that aren't seperated. i began swimming and just swerved around them as they stood and bobbed. after swimming 100 yds. i looked over to see if i could get in a lane with someone. my options were bleek. lane 1, life gaurd lady before her shift, definately seal status. lane 2, old man olympian, again, seal status. lane 3, old man olympians old friend. i am going with manetee status (two below walrus. manetee, narwhal, then walrus.) he was side stroking the whole way. he would side stroke for one lap and then rest for what had to be about one minute at least. don't get me wrong i like the side stroke, but he should be in the residual old lady bobbing lane with the one lady that was actaully swimming, or should i say moving her arms and legs but not really going anywhere. i'm just bitter....i hope to be swimming still when i am in my 70's too.

to save you from a full rant, i will just say that i only swam about 250 yds. as the crow flies (so i am going to add about 50 yds. to make it 300 yds.) i was dissappointed that so many people started showing up. i think i will start going at noon instead of 11.

anyhoo, in swimming those 10 lengths of the pool, i crawl stroked all but three laps. i am going to say that i have moved up to elephant seal status. i really wanted to keep going because i felt so good, but alas, as my boss said to me in me 6 month review on thursday "you are a pretty passive guy aren't you Danny?"...........for the most part, yes i am passive. i couldn't handle all the people so i got out after swimming only 10-15 min.

tomorrow should be better. tuesdays and thursdays are generally empty, and i hope that is the case tomorrow. in my dissappointment the only thing for lunch that sounded good was a hot and ready for $5. hard to beat that.