that just Sound More Romantic than they are....like going swimming together first thing in the morning.

Back story-for Christmas we got a giftcard to the indoor pool which really was such a great gift.

Oh how we have talked and dreamed about our pending pool sessions! Oh how we have chatted about getting in shape. We held our new swim things close (remember the speedo, goggles and swim cap Jono gifted me for V Day? Yes, well, those things.)

What swimming adventures lay in our future, just beyond that sweet horizon!

We finally made a plan to actually GO this week. Monday and Wednesday we said.

So we went yesterday and jumped right in.

What is this-shortage of breath? Weird stroke patterns? A deep, achy tiredness?

And why has the clocked only moved 5 minutes???

I'm not going to lie. We (silly us) anticipated swimming for an hour, but only made it 33 minutes. But who's counting. Really.

I imagined the life guards laughing throatily at my weakness from their lofty stations.

We splashed around a little. We laughed a little. We died a little bit more.

I used to think I swam like a fish. Maybe I did once upon a time. Maybe there was a bit of my former glory seen yesterday, at least for the first half lap.