Swimming again...

After much deliberation, Geoff and I joined the Y last week. I'll be going to water aerobics Tuesday and Thursday mornings (while the boys are at school) and we'll go together on Wednesday nights (while Jaylen is in Awana and Trevor stays with Geoff's mom). I couldn't believe how horrible I did the first few times trying to swim some laps! But, now that I'm getting used to the whole turning-my-body-to-the-side-to-breathe thing again, I'm getting a lot better. My goal the other night was to swim 16 laps (which is about a half a mile). We both did it! I won't lie and say we did it without stopping, but we did do the 16 laps. My next goal will be to swim a mile (33 laps) but that's going to take a while. Part of the problem is it's hard to get to the pool at the times they have lap swim only. So then the problem is, if we go during open swim, there are no lanes set aside, so we risk t-boning people (since you look down and to the side, not in front of you). So we don't always get a big chunk of time to swim... But regardless, I'm really excited to be back in the pool and getting a little bit back into shape!