Sunday: Swim and a Most Unfortunate Development

Just so you know, it is freezing here.  So, I slept a bit late and then pulled it together and hustled Ivan and I off to church where we were  on time, I got my casseroles into the church kitchen refrigerator and was pretty excited about sort of having it together on a Sunday morning.

After church, Ivan and I skipped over to Starbucks and then drove home where I got Ivan down for a nap and got ready to head in for the first triathlon swim class of the season.  I just love the first triathlon swim class of the year.  It is crazy crowded with people you haven't seen in months.  There is much hugging and catching up and the swim lanes are just ridiculously crowded.

My favorite thing today was watching John Maple use his prescription goggles to read the swim workout from the dry erase board.  Also, Jerry Breeden's holiday travel tan was just a marvel and inspired me to travel more.  There was all sorts of holiday news in the locker room, and much complaining about the crowded practice.  This is typical New Year's at a gym, and the crowding will level out in six weeks.

In other news, I lost one of my dazzle toes in the pool, so that was a bummer, and it necessitates a full self-pedicure before I hit the sack tonight.

Finally, in a note of great tragedy, someone (who is clearly my nemesis) gave my son a HARMONICA today.  Ivan calls it a "too-monica" and he has played it incessantly all night.  I feel that there are about 48 hours left before I confiscate the "too-monica" and forget where I put it.  OR maybe, just maybe, I should send he and the "too-monica" for an extended stay with the "too-monica" gifters.  As I type. young Sloan is sound asleep clutching his "too-monica".