Anecdotes

So about halfway through swim practice today I realized something very amusing.

I held hands with the Homecoming King.

The thought made me laugh really, really hard. Of course, it was all a part of the Valentine's Day swim practice, where we pair up somewhat according to relative speed and have to remain in physical contact with a member of the opposite sex practically the entire time. For the first set, we were required to hold hands, and then after that we could do whatever was most efficient (which, we found, involves swimming with one person holding onto one of the other person's ankles). It could have been awkward, and I could think of a dozen girls who would have killed to be in my place, but I just thought the science of swimming with two people was really fun. And it was way funny when I put it in the words above.

I ended the day by having the leopard seal jump in the pool on top of my head. Apparently he didn't see me. One hundred thirty-five pounds landed directly on my head. Oddly enough, five minutes later, I felt fine. It's now that I have a headache, after doing explications for a goodly long while.

1984 is kinda hard to do them on, just so you know.