I walked down to go swimming as per usual and discovered all the lights were off, nobody was in the parking lot, and the following sign was taped to the main door:

Eckart Park Closed
Wednesday, February 24th
Water has been shut off.
Will reopen ??

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1000 yards straight! It can be done! By me! Total of 1650 yards today, most of which was front crawl.

Thanks to my dad's advice, I now have a SPEEDYCOMPUTERZOMG and it cost me all of $65 and about five minutes of my time, most of it trying to smush baffles back into their spots.

It was stupidly easy to upgrade my RAM, hurrah!

Swam 1600 yards today. The pool was busier than it is during the week, and for once, the showers were warm, hurrah ( Read more... )

Managed 1600 yards again, in spite of wicked acid reflux. Ugh.

It was painful and nasty and I hate getting it out of nowhere. Finally got home and had a couple of super-duper antacids - the ones that taste like minty babypowder. Blech.

http://beatonna.livejournal.com/131548.html

The last comic makes me think of Kelly. :D

I found something on TV even better than Norm building things! There was an episode on of Sherlock Holmes, with Jeremy Brett! The case was The Solitary Cyclist, which is a middling case as these things go. The best part was the not-very-convincing fight scene. Holmes gets a scratch over one eye, and "Mr. Woodley was sent home in a cart," and ( Read more... )

Swam 1600 yards today! 600 front crawl, 400 breaststroke, and then 4 x 100 and 4 x 50 in front crawl and breaststroke, alternating.

I am a swimming beast! Much like a sturgeon.

I think I need a swimming icon.

bonus: NO CRAMPS, YAY!

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Looking back at the last couple of weeks, I've discovered that February truly is the Monday of months. I may have to follow the tradition of getting terribly drunk by the time Purim rolls around.