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: Mental Health
Depression, PTSD, nervous system, regulation
One Day at a Time
August 5, 2024 | Air Temperature: 22.0 °C (72 °F) | Water Temperature: 24.24 °C (76 °F) | Wind: from S 4.1 m/sec (9 mph)
Today at the lake it was still warm at 7:30pm, but there was a cool breeze. A little topless girl…
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…
The Escape I Needed
December 11, 2023
Today at the lake, the water was cool and cold and perfect. All my stress dissolved. In the water I…
Danger! Jellyfish
Today at the sea, there were so many jellyfish and new jellyfish. As I was walking to the dock there was a man taking a photo of the area. I asked if he was going to swim, and he said yes. So I said, “yea, I’ll swim with you.” He is visiting Sweden from the READ MORE
Thank You, Lake
Air Temp 54, Water Temp 54
Today at the lake it was drizzly and grey. The water was glassy. It hardly made a sound when it…
Onward!
Today at the lake it was windy and c-c-cold.
I met with K5, who I haven’t seen in two weeks. Always nice to swim with her. She just started…
The Flowers in My Hood
Sunday July 10, 2022 Today at the lake…I didn’t go to the lake. I took a walk. My first walk since surgery. I walked a block and back. Actually, it was two half blocks, but whatever. It was excruciatingly slow because I’m not putting full weight into my leg yet. I plant the walker, then READ MORE
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
Sunny, With a Light Breeze
Today at the lake……pure sunshine, flat water, and heat with a little breeze. Perfect. Except the closest I got to the lake was my landlord’s front lawn. What a view! It’s been two weeks and five days since my last swim, the night before my surgery. My leg is healing nicely, I think. The pain READ MORE
Not Bad for a Tuesday
May 17 6:35pm Today at the lake, the water was flat, refreshing, and full of sunbeams. There were several paddle boarders on the lake, a few motor boats, one fishing boat, a sail boat in the distance, and a floaty plane. Cuidado! Why the F floaty planes come to my lake to practice landings and READ MORE
Two Ducks and a Swim Buddy
April 13, 2022 | Water Temp 46 F Today at the lake it was cold outside, but the lake was nice and flat. I was happy to meet up with a swim buddy. I was tired after my zapping treatment, but always happy to be at the beach, chatting with my swim buddy, getting ready READ MORE
Just Get in the Water
April 11, 2022 | Cold but sunny Today at the lake it was cold. My buoy thermometer said 50 F, but I checked online, and it said 46 F. I also returned the thermal wetsuit I’ve been testing, so I was back in my 3:2 suit. I could really tell the difference. The other suit READ MORE
“Sing, Women” Swim Women
Feb 14, 2022 | water temp 40 F Today at the lake, I swam with K and K. The People It has been so long since I swam with them; I was really happy to see them again. I don’t think we have been to the lake together since the crazy wave jumping adventure….months and 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
“Water that Heals as I Go”
February 5, 2022 6pm | water temp 40F Today at the lake, the water was glassy, the mountains where trying to peek out from behind the clouds, and the ducks were pecking the pebbles on the beach, looking for snacks. Heavy Thoughts To Start I was sad when M picked me up today. I had READ MORE
I Can Swim When I Want
Today at the lake…it was pouring rain. I didn’t care because I was antsy to swim. I convinced my friend to join me at the beach: she would walk loops on the mini walking path loop while I swam. We both get exercise. I have no idea what the temperature was….but I think it was READ MORE
“…the Rays of the Beautiful Sun”
Today at the lake, I swam for 24 minutes!! Technically, it’s more more like 18-20, or less, because I started the timer then had to get into my gloves, which takes a long time, then into the water. Also, it took me time to get out of my gloves so I could turn off the READ MORE
Solstice Swim
Today at the lake…I tried a new beach for a 7pm solstice swim. M took me, and it only took about 25 min to get there, no traffic, so now I know how to get there. We arrived and everyone else was already in their gear and making their way to the beach. I found READ MORE