I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but I’m starting a swimming class! This actually began when I found a very pretty swimsuit, and I wanted an excuse to buy it and wear it. I looked into water aerobics classes at my local recreation center, but they were over $200 so I figured I would just do my own laps to get some exercise. I really do need to exercise, but I don’t like using the elliptical machine or the exercise bike we already have, because both are hard on my knees. (I have symptoms of arthritis in most of my joints, but my knees are especially bad.) So I figured that swimming would be a very good no-impact workout.

My wife convinced me that $80 was too much to pay for a swimsuit, and the swimsuit I ended up getting was just $15! I got this style, but the accent color is magenta rather than orange. Then I was checking out the website for my local rec center, and I thought I’d look again at the class offerings. It turned out they have a four-week “Lap Swimming” class for $75, so I signed up for that immediately. They will teach us how to create a proper workout, how to use the pace clock, and probably things like turns and etiquette too. The first class is tonight and I am really looking forward to it - even if we don’t do a whole lot of swimming, it will be a good start.

I am not a major fan of sports. Okay, I am not a fan of sports at all. The only reason I learned anything about football was because I was in the marching band in high school, and sitting through the first half of all those games taught me a little bit - which I’ve subsequently forgotten. But a nice opportunity to learn more would be at spring training events. The Baltimore Ravens have their spring training where I went to college, but I wasn’t there long enough to see them. Spring training is also probably a more laid back atmosphere with fewer people watching…I don’t like crowds! I imagine in most places, like the cities in Arizona where the San Francisco Giants spring training tickets are on sale, are quite nice during the time of year that spring training is held…it would be a fun adventure to go out there. One of my clients has family in Arizona so he goes all the time, but I’ve never been.

And of course if we flew out there, we could spend the flight watching movies on the 80GB iPod I just spent obscene amounts of money to buy…hence this post! I’m getting closer, it won’t take much longer.