Opened up the blog, and I had two ideas to write about for my thankful post today. So without giving you a whole rundown of my day, I will try to briefly explain what made me happy today!
This afternoon my students had a school dance. It was nice to see the kids dressed up and having such a good time. I love getting to see them outside of the classroom when you can see their goofy personalities, and be goofy right there with them! I showed off a few of my dance moves, but mostly took yearbook pictures. Despite the gym reaching what seemed like 100 degrees and super smelly! The afternoon was fun.
Then tonight, after making a great homemade pizza (thanks Melanie for the dough recipe) with my first time making my own crust; I headed to swim practice. Our Thursday night practices are an hour later than normal and usually are a little tough to get motivated. Also our Thursday night coach often does a little more drill and not as tough practice. Well tonight... HE was motivated!! After doing 750 yards of kicking, we swam 14 sets of 100 yards at a pretty fast pace. It was one of those paces that I knew I could do the first 4-5 no problem and get a good workout, so my friend and I decided we would do as many as we good, and if we slowed down and couldn't make it, we would switch to the other set (longer intervals). Well, 5 go by, and we're still making it with about 10 seconds rest... and then 8 go by, and although i felt like I was dying, we were still making the time... so we finished it out. By the end, we were exhausted! And coach was feeling pretty proud of himself! He takes pleasure in our pain. But although it was tough, and i want to whine about it... the good part is that I know I have become a stronger swimmer.... A year ago, I couldn't have completed that whole set without taking a break, or doing the slower sendoff... But I was making it! So, I guess I owe a thank you to our coaches for pushing us!
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