Air Temperature: 24.2 °C (76 °F) | Water Temperature: 22.11 °C (72 °F) | Wind: from S 3.5 m/sec (8 mph)
Today at the lake, it was cooling down from a 90-degree day. There were still a lot of people at…
Category: Chronic Illness
ME/CFS, fatigue, the body, disability
Just Keep Trying
Wind:from NW 6.6 m/sec (15 mph); Air Temperature:1.3 °C (52 °F); Water Temperature:10.42 °C (51 °F)
March 29 Friday Today at the lake it was sunny, and I felt hopeful as I approached the beach because…
Stayin’ Alive
Wind: from S 11.1 m/sec (25 mph). Air Temperature: 9.3 °C (49 °F). Water Temperature: 7.73 °C (46 °F).
2/25/2024 Today at the lake, it was clearly not a good day for swimming. The wind was fierce, and there…
Down Time is Starting to Chafe
July 9, 2022 Saturday Today at the lake…still not at the lake. It’s been one month and three days since my surgery, and I am finally out of the wheelchair (f yea!!) and walking with a walker. Progress Saw my doc’s assistant last week, and she said I could go ahead and walk and put READ MORE
Friday On My Mind
15 April 2022 | Sunny | Water 46 F Today at the lake, it was sunny, it was Friday, it was perfect. I met my swim buddy again, and finally remembered to bring my extra gloves so she could wear them over her 1mm gloves, which just aren’t warm enough this time of year. I READ MORE
Thoughts Do NOT Equal a Plan
Feb 7, 2022 6:22pm Today at the lake, the water was silent and glassy. A congregation of assorted birds were gathered on the cement dock, included a scary looking black bird I couldn’t identify. It was all angles and sharp points, like it was made out of metal and maybe couldn’t move so well. I READ MORE
All The Things
Today at the lake…I swam for 15 minutes, I floated on my back, and I tested out new swim booties. I hope I also inspired two little kids to start thinking that most obstacles are not that big. There is usually a way around them. The water was nice and flat. 45 degrees F. Maybe READ MORE
100 Shades of Grey
Today at the lake, we swam in the rain, we saw two herons (or the same once twice) and an eagle, and guess what else? I found my swim buoy belt that I lost yesterday! It was lying in the parking lot, right where I dropped it. Yea. I had a long doctor’s appointment this READ MORE
Sea Witch Don’t Care
Today at the lake it was cold and windy, and I forgot my snorkel. One of my swim buddies, K, cancelled due to “white caps” on the lake. I could see them from my house, but I went anyway. “Cause that’s the kind of woman I am. I grew up in the midwest, and played READ MORE
Paint It Black: 30 Pull-Ups, 10 Ducks, 12 Min
Today at the lake it was dark, and the water was flat. My caretaker, M, took me to the beach with just 15 minute left until sundown. I love swimming at night; it’s just not ideal to be in the park alone once it gets dark. But we were two, and we felt safe. It READ MORE
Where am I?
Today at the lake it was dark and a bit ominous. I ran into two women from the swim club on their way out of the lake; they couldn’t have had less interested in talking to me. M thinks they were just preoccupied, but I feel like at least one of them just doesn’t want READ MORE
How Good is Swimming for Me?
Just in time from CNN, another Ripped from the Headlines article: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/health/swimming-covid-blues-weight-loss-wellness/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold&fbclid=IwAR04NfYLHc2KazQO4XCKOMvh7t0EqDRywVm1td_d4TosbvylOQnr13Qjd4o