These shoes are kind of defining my life these days.
I don’t write about this a lot on here, because… well it doesn’t inspire great writing, so if you’re just tuning in or don’t know me personally let me remind or tell you that aside from my prolific blogging career (pah) I am a member of the LSU Swim Team.
For real though, swimming is pretty much my life 6 and sometimes 7 days a week, 50 weeks of the year.
This summer I have had the freedom to explore new cities and try a ton of new things due to the fact that I had run out of summer classes to take and luckily scored a sweet internship in Houston. Thus providing me with a legitimate reason to take a short break from the chlorinated waters and explore life outside the walls of the nat ( short for Natatorium… Swimmers lingo lol).
Though so far this summer has been great, it is not a fair representation of what my normal life is like.
My life is in actuality less about planning what cool and fun things I can do each night, and more about making it to the next acceptable time to eat or sleep… And constantly wondering why there isn’t a way to do both at the same time.
Obesity epidemic: solved.
Anyway, these next few weeks in my life are all about getting back into tip-top shape so I am ready for the start of the season when it rolls around in just over a month. That will include copious amounts of running, swimming, and weight lifting, and these shoes are helping me along the way (which is more that I can say for my shoulders, quads, hip flexers and neck…)
So as I return back to my normal, less exciting lifestyle, this blog will likely change a little bit. I still want to document my life, the people and fun things in it, but in reality I know that I will have less time and energy to go out, explore and report on the unique experiences that are out there to be had.
But I guess this blog in a way can be a catalyst, pushing me to live a little more and not let that black line at the bottom of the pool completely consume my days.
I want to clarify, that I love swimming. Honestly I do. I would not have had my college experience any other way. Through it I have met my closest friends, have immensely grown as a person, and find a sense of accomplishment every day.
But at the same time, this coming semester will mark the start of my senior year–my last year with these aforementioned incredible people and possibly my last year in Baton Rouge, and there’s still so much I want to do!
So… I guess what I’m saying here is that though my life will be reverting back to it’s more typical, physical, and cyclical ways, this blog will continue to exist to push me to live life outside of that as I document it for all to see.
Stay tuned to see what I have in store. I’m excited for it.
Granted: this all depends on if I make if out of the pool alive tomorrow. If not, goodbye interwebs, you have always been good to me.
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