i be up in the (pool) just workin' on my fitness.

some of you may or may not know that i was a competitive swimmer from ages 7 until 18 - yeah, so basically all of my childhood & adolescent life. after my freshman year in college, where i still regularly swam four to five days a week but didn't compete, and the first quarter of my sophomore year when i swam masters with the OSU club team, i pretty much stopped swimming altogether. one might call this burn out. ha. i mean, of course i swam recreationaly - and i taught swim lessons at the summer camp i worked at for two summers in college - but i could not bring myself to swim another freakin' lap to save me, for yeeeeears.

lately i've been feeling super out of shape - i don't run anymore, which i did all the time when i lived in ohio, 'cause it's FLAT and EASY there, unlike SF which is MOUNTAINOUS and EVIL. so basically i have failed to exercise for 2.5 years. yeah, not good! especially since i'm not getting any younger and genetics are scarily close to kicking in.

i am up before 7:00 am, omg.
so, i've decided to start swimming again - prompted by mai's revelation that the SF public pools are both affordable AND not sketchy! whooo hooo! i'm actually really excited about it - today was my first day and i think i did pretty dang well for not having done lap swimming in almost a decade. jess very graciously accompanied me & gave me a ride on her scooter to the north beach pool & it was surprisingly empty and really nice. nicer than a lot of the facilities i grew up swimming at as a youngster! i started off in the slow lap lane b/c i thought i was slow - but apparently not b/c i had to move over to the fast lane (vroooom! omg cheesy) after a few laps! yay me! it's true what they say about muscle memory & all that - it was like second nature & not hard at all, save a little out-of-breathness which i attribute to being cardiovascularly lame right now.

i'm sure my wimpy arms are going to be sore tomorrow & i'm a bit sleepy from getting up so early this morning, but overall i feel great and am looking forward to my next session. yippee!

bad blogger.

lately i've noticed that i suck at blogging regularly. i'm sure you've noticed too, dozens of readers. DOZENS! heh. that's why, partially inspired by aubs, i've made it one of my september goals* to try to post more frequently here and also on thinking about foxes, even if my posts are boring and you're like "i don't really care that ali ate a delicious burrito for dinner". toooooo bad.

it's not that my life isn't interesting and fun and awesome because i'd say it's pretty freakin' sweet right now actually. it's just that i've gotten out of the habit of blogging about all the super awesome fun stuff that's been goin' oooooooon. so yeah, starting tomorrow i shall attempt to blog once daily. huzzah!

*my other september goal being going to the pool to swim laps at least twice a week, maybe three times if i can make it. i even bought a new suit, goggles, and caps last week - that's like half the battle! also, my goal for august was keeping track of how i spend my money (a verson of "the budget" via daisy) and i actually did it, every single day. and now to examine the evidence of my lack of economy...gulp.

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