I did, however, make it to the gym for a swim one day. And get this? I had the ENTIRE indoor pool to myself.....for a good 20 minutes. It was so nice, so quiet, so fluid in my strokes, so wakeful. All the stretching I do underwater in between strokes is really amazing. When I was pregnant, this was my chosen form of exercise. I often went after a work day, and the extreme change from dressy clothes, little kids voices and long meetings to quiet, weightless body lifting of water, and slow stretching could not have been a more separate feeling. I felt like I was in a COMPLETELY different place, and it always shifted my attitude from a stressful day to a quiet, mellow night.
Behold, my people-less pool.
