my life is over....well a main part of it atleast
swimming is now done. i was so excited to be done with this season, but i was not really ready to be done forever. i dont think the reality of it will set in until next october when the season would start up again. its been the main and constant part of my life for the last 9 years. i know that i wont ever really let it go, but its just not the same when you are no longer part of a team and participating in competitions. ive made some of my best friends through swimming and i know ill never lose them, but think of how many more i could gain if i was allowed to swim forever. of course my injury prevents that, and old age (not that 22 is old, but swimming is starting to take its toll on my body already). i also dont know if i could mentally handle never getting any better times for some of my events. it was hard enough being fustrated with my times for this season, even though i made some great lifetime best times in the fly. i need a swim vacation, not retirement. atleast i still get to spend some time at the pool teaching a friend how to swim so she canjoin the team next year :) there is also always studying to be done, but who wants to do that?