Old and New

I've been learning a lot lately. A lot about myself, a lot about the world, and a lot about what it means to be "new". I'm in a new place learning my way around, meeting new people, and trying new things. And I must admit, it feels great! There is something about newness that gives me this jolt of excitement about life in general and with that comes the chance to learn something new about myself. So, I've decided I like newness!

Beyond the new I'm getting back in to one of my favorite "old" things:SWIMMING! For those of you that don't know, swimming has been my heart and my passion since I was just a little girl. I don't know what it was but there was something about the sport of swimming that I never let go of and basically from the age of 3 through my first year of college I never stopped. It was all I thought about, dreamed about, and worked for. Swimming was and is so many things to me. It's getting lost in your own head swimming lap after lap. It's the thrill of competing against yourself and against others. And its seeing the improvement by your own hard work alone. So now, in preparation to compete in the swim portion of a team triathlon, I am back in the pool training. For me, that means a long hard road back to swim shape and ready for competition. I've always had to work exceptionally hard to be a good swimmer and this time will be no different as I go from not competing or training for 4 years now to competition ready in the next 6 weeks. Along the journey, I'm hoping to reconnect with the part of me that swimming always fulfilled and I just might try joining a Master's swim team to be a part of a team again! My body already hates me, but I'm looking forward to the challenge :-)

I hope everyone is having a great week!