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Writer's pictureNene Sterling-LS

Swimming lesson cont.

My swimming lessonšŸ™ˆ

Iā€™ve never had so much fun in a swimming lessonā€¦. i couldnā€™tĀ  believe I am better than someoneā€¦ so Iā€™ve been off forĀ  2 weeksā€¦ last time I checked it was me and some young mathematicianā€¦

well today we were about 7 in class šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ā€¦ the mathematician has obviously left my level in the 2 weeks Iā€™ve been awayā€¦ she had 2 new partners and they were given different tasks ā€¦Ā  as per champion swimmersšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Ā I got in the pool to meet aunty Jamaicaā€¦. clutching tightly to the floatsšŸ™ˆšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ā€¦. laff wanted to kill me todayā€¦ I proceeded to give her all the instructions and encouragement she neededā€¦Ā as the swimming teacher was instructing the other groupā€¦

The mathematician was obviously thrilled to have me back. As aunty Jamaica was aloneā€¦ no partnerā€¦now She has a partnerā€¦.mešŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ā€¦

then there was this quiet Gypsy girl who entered the pool right behind meā€¦ (gypsy cos she was escorted to the pool side by her large family of 7 or 8 who did not swimšŸ™ƒ)ā€¦ I later had to give her instructions and encouragement at the deep end ā€¦. me ooooā€¦.. deep end with some high level stomach floatsā€¦.

Then las las a proper aunty Nigeria joined usā€¦30mins lateā€¦. OMGā€¦.first of all she took 2 steps down the stairs of the poolā€¦.. went back up and decided thatā€¦. wait for itā€¦. that the pool was too full of wateršŸ˜³ā€¦.weā€™ve never laughed so hardā€¦šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

anyway we (professiinal learners) encouraged her to get inā€¦. which she did eventuallyā€¦. however she became anchored to the spot she stood by the stairsšŸ™ˆ.. see laughteršŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ā€¦. she stood there watching us practiceā€¦.another young lady ā€¦ not swimming ā€¦Ā  tried her best to get her goingā€¦. all I could hear her saying was ā€œI canā€™t lift my legsā€šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

I practiced floating with my 2 floats round my breast and a float each in each hand (it baffles me how these weightless things can keep a whole me upšŸ¤”ā€¦..

we then had to practice floating on our backsā€¦. with the floats round our chestā€¦.Ā  floating on my back is not a problem for meā€¦. it is the unfloating that freaks me outšŸ™ˆā€¦. i just cant find my feet from floating on my back to standing upā€¦.šŸ˜«

Then our instructor decided that she will give all of usā€¦.(except the anchored lady)ā€¦. the experience of floating at the deep endā€¦ we had to wear a special belted floatā€¦.. anyway I made it floating on my back from half wayā€¦. holding onto a pole ā€¦ held firmly by the instructor šŸ˜Š

We were all so excited ā€¦. laughingā€¦ and wishing we could go onā€¦. I canā€™t wait for next week lessonšŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾šŸ’ƒšŸ¾

Ā©Nene O-M

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