and so the countdown begins

I was in the shower this morning thinking. It's where I do my best thinking btw.Shut.it. Anyway so I was adding up the days in my head and I came to realize that I now have only 4 more weeks and swimming will be done until September!!!

Big deal right? NO it's a HUGE deal. No more waking up at the ass crack of dawn to drive for 45 minutes ONE way to swim in a outdoor pool, rain or shine and then not to return home until after 11 am. Which btw makes you feel like half your day is already shot. No more leaving the house at 5:30pm for swimming at night until 8pm!! Did you see what I said back there...."NO MORE!!"

Okay so I know I'm not the one doing all the swimming but I have to tell you that the driving gets to you after a while and all this hurry up to get there on time just to sit and wait for 2-3 hours begins to get on your nerves. The only downside I can think of with not having to go to swimming for 3 weeks it will take away my quality walking time. I spend most of the practices walking, it's my "me" time. I throw the iTouch in my ears and walk, and walk and walk. I will miss that time to myself.

I am however, looking forward to family dinners at a decent hour and all together. I love to be able to break bread with all of us together at the same time where we can discuss what went on in our day with each other. I am also looking forward to being able to cook dinner. I love to cook and hate not being able to put together a big meal every night.

So in essence I guess what I am saying is that our summer officially will begin the second week of August and for those three golden weeks we will be a normal family. At least until September rolls around and it all starts up all over again!