All and all, not a bad year I have to say (politics aside), sorry to see it go, but hopefully next year will be a good one too! I ended the year with a mock 200 at the beach. It was a beautiful day out today, sunny and in the low 50's, with no wind. A group of us decided to meet at the lake, and since the weather was so nice I really wanted to get in a practice swim.
It took forever for us to all get put together and organized/arranged, and because it was so hot out I was actually roasting in my swim robe. I finally was like, "OK, I'm going" and headed in. The water was about 39, so warmer than it was the last couple dips, and felt brisk but not too bad. I walked in up to my waist, took a breath, and went for it. It took me about 35 breaths before my face felt OK, but I kept at it and swam without stopping. Coming back I saw all my friends in the water, but I was the only one who was really swimming. In total it took me about 7 minutes to do the 200 ish (which, again, is more than 5 minutes). When I finished everyone was like "nice job" and clapping, which made me feel really good. My hands were freezing, so I got out and stuck them in some warm water. Warm up wasn't bad at all because it was so nice out, and I ate like a pig because tomorrow I'm going to have to start a diet again :P
Tonight I'm headed out to do yoga again, very excited to welcome the new year in a zen way, and my favorite yoga instructor is teaching, so that will be really great!
I've been recovering my couch, and got a bit carried away with it. I meant to just do the cushions, but I did the math wrong in the store and wound up with 3x the material that I needed (feet/yards, meh), so now I'm recovering the entire thing. It's kind of slow going, but I'm pretty happy with the results so far, and the couch really needed it! I realized that it's almost 25 years old. I guess I could get a new one, but I like this one a lot, it's held up pretty well, and I remember it being really hard to get in the door, so I might not be able to get it out!
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