Today while swimming laps I was bored out of my mind, but I was so relaxed and so comfortable in the water. I love the water and I always have. It makes me think of the Brad Paisley song: "And so began my love affair with water." As a kid I loved to go swimming. I would swim anywhere (pools, ponds, lakes). My favorite part of vacations with my family was staying at hotels with pools. In college I began life guarding because I loved being at the pool. I didn't like cleaning up barf and poop or yelling at kids who ran on deck, but I loved being able to jump in the pool at random times during my work shift.
As a grown up, my most relaxing moments involve either the beach or floating in a pool. We used to have a pool at our old house, and I would escape to the pool and just float on a raft or stand in the pool. The water just relaxed me. Now I am living in Tampa and I still cannot get enough of the water. I love going to the beach. The sounds, smells, and feel of the beach is therapy for me. Recently I began to swim laps as a way to cross-train. I don't really like swimming laps because staring at the bottom of a pool for 30 minutes is boring, but the water is relaxing. It's like a drug.
In my favorite book ever, Memoirs of a Geisha, the main character Sayuri is told her eyes are blue because she has too much water in her. I was thinking of Sayuri during my swim this morning. I love water. I love being in water, near water, or just floating on water. Yeah, I do have a love affair with water!
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