General Long and Rambly Update

So I swam 34 laps today.  It would have been more, I still had a half hour before family swim ended, but some of the other kids (not mine!) were misbehaving so badly in the pool it was ridiculous.  Eight times I had to stop my laps and throw floaties, noodles and kickboards out of the lap lane.  Some of the kids (15 and 16 year olds were hanging over the lap lane rope, too.  A few strategically placed above the water kicks to splash water in the faces of anyone doing that soon put paid to that behavior.  Yes, childish, but I don't care.  I got enough splashes in my face and water up the nose while doing the back stroke to think turnabout is fair play.

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General Long and Rambly Update

So I swam 34 laps today.  It would have been more, I still had a half hour before family swim ended, but some of the other kids (not mine!) were misbehaving so badly in the pool it was ridiculous.  Eight times I had to stop my laps and throw floaties, noodles and kickboards out of the lap lane.  Some of the kids (15 and 16 year olds were hanging over the lap lane rope, too.  A few strategically placed above the water kicks to splash water in the faces of anyone doing that soon put paid to that behavior.  Yes, childish, but I don't care.  I got enough splashes in my face and water up the nose while doing the back stroke to think turnabout is fair play.

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