I DID IT!!! I LEARNED TO SWIM!!!!
If you’ve been following my terror/learn to swim saga on my FB page, there’s the video proof that TODAY I DID IT!!!! Check it out HERE!!! And here’s the rest of the story…
Thank you EVERYBODY for the cheers on me learning how to swim today!!
As you might imagine from the victory videos, there was more to the story…
First, I was scared to death. I actually felt sick driving to the pool. There are now fingernail marks in Judd’s arm.
When we got there I almost didn’t get in the pool. I was so scared I was hyperventilating a little bit. When we did get in there, a kid splashed me and I got water up my nose & almost cried. (My dad nearly drowned me when I was a kid & I’ve been terrified ever since.)
Navy Guy had to keep reminding me I was IN A POOL. And that it was only 4′ deep (I’m 6′ tall). But when I couldn’t figure out which way was up (I kept closing my eyes), I was terrified.
Also, my lungs did not want to let me breathe out underwater.
Because my lungs said: YOU ARE UNDERFUCKINGWATER, OKAY?? HOLD ONTO THAT AIR!!!!
So I almost drowned again (except for the being in a pool part, and for a very patient Navy Guy right there next to me, but it could have happened. If anybody could figure out how to screw something up, we all know it would be me…)
BUT I persevered!!! I breathed underwater (mostly out; breathing IN underwater=BAD, I learned this today). I swam a breast stroke & a frog kick thing & even ON MY BACK. I swam LIKE A BOSS.
I am so proud of myself that I burst into tears in the shower. All those years of terror…DONE. I am brave. I GOT this.
Please, PLEASE be brave with me. Find something that has always scared you and find a way to face it. Let’s kick fear’s ASS. Tell me about it & I’ll cheer the loudest for you. ‘Cause I’m a SWIMMER, y’all. I’m on your side all the way.
xoxoxoxxo
Alyssa
