We got a new YMCA a few months ago. The best thing about it is that there is a pool. A pool in which I can swim laps. I didn’t know I loved to swim until after Brenna was born. I decided for the rest of my life I would need to be in the best shape of my life before I had a baby. Just after I got pregnant with Brenna (unbeknownst to me) Barry and I rode 150 mile on our bikes from Stanley, ID to Boise. So, after Brenna was born I needed to out do myself, so I decided it would be worth a try to train for a triathalon. Problem was that I couldn’t really swim and I hate to run. I never got over the hate to run part, but I signed up for a swimming class (I was still in college then). The first day I thought I was going to DIE. I couldn’t even swim a full there-and-back lap. But, the wonderful patient husband that he is, Barry would go to the pool every now and then and give me some pointers.

Anyway, this is getting really long. I learned how to swim and could swim laps all day if I could. I did a sprint length triathalon for my “I’ve been un-pregnant for one year” celebration and accomplished a goal.

So, what I started out saying was that we have a new YMCA. it has free childcare and a pool. I packed up the kids and dropped them off to play and I swam 1100 yards while little grandmas did water aerobics in the other half of the pool.

I liked it.