I swear, I can swim!

I grew up in the water. I spent every waking minute of the summer from about age 5 to age 13 in our above ground pool in our backyard. I'm just about as comfortable in water as I am on land.

Since it's the only activity I can do with my injury, I hauled my lycra clad ass down to Dishman Pool today. It's really a lovely facility, with 6 lanes for lap swim and a big whirlpool.

I'm supposed to just swim with a kickboard so I don't contort my torso too much. If you've ever swam with a kickboard, it's pretty slowgoing. I saw the life guard (read: 16 year old girl) watching me out of the corner of her eye. When I got near her, she said "Are you going to be OK? Do you think maybe you should come in for lessons first?" Okey dokey.

It's amazing how quickly people rethink their statements when you mention the words "fractured" and "back". I knew she meant well, but I think I was frustrated that I wasn't my usually good swimmer self and may have looked like I was struggling when a back spasm would cause me to go fetal position.

Anyway, the swiming felt great. Not much pain except for the few spasms and climbing in and out. I got to spend about 10 minutes in the whirlpool too which felt amazing. I'm just very happy that I'm back to doing something. This laying on the couch thing has not been good for me.