Yesterday we concentrated on doing some minor house cleaning and getting Tony some new glasses. I had to go along for him because the doctor dilated his eyes. At one point, I joked that I was his "seeing eye wife". I had to drive for him, which was fine. We puttered around and walked around a couple of places, then came home to spend the rest of the day doing very little.
I was on a quest to get Miss A a new flute since she walked into the bus in August and bent her existing flute. I found one her teacher had recommended, but nobody rents it as it's a "professional grade" flute. We found one down at the local music store in Allen and rented that. If her teacher says it's not acceptable, then I'll take it back. The flute is a Yamaha YFL281. It's a very pretty flute, but the one I wanted to get her was a Yamaha YFL461 or the YFL481. (Yes, I know it's a lot of babbling about a flute!!)
Today we went to the Don Rodenbaugh Natatorium and went swimming. I like to go and not splash overly much. I'm not a good swimmer. I never took official lessons as a kid. I "learned" to swim by being tossed off a dock into Lake Washington in Seattle. It was not a good thing because I panicked and to this day, I can't deal with water up to my neck or over my head. I do best if I'm sitting at the side of the pool, or in a hot tub. So, today, we packed everyone up and went to the pool and played. Mr. A decided to hit up this really huge slide that was very twisty and went down a number of times. He loves it! I went up one time--decided that I'd TRY it. Mr. A went down, then Miss A went down, then Tony went and finally, I decided that I'd try it. Oh. My. GOSH!!! Nobody warned me that it was going to make my go really FAST!!!
I literally FLEW down that slide! There is a downfall to being large--the more the mass, the higher the velocity, I think is what Tony said!
I was not quite panicking, but wasn't too comfortable with the "whoosh!" feeling I had as I went toward the bottom. That slide had twists and turns and finally, I flew out to the pool at the bottom. I wasn't prepared to pinch my nose closed and as a result, I breathed in water. I had a hard time finding my feet at the bottom too. I don't understand how my son can fly down that thing and pops up on his feet in no time flat! This is another "What was I thinking?!" moment. I got to meet my daughter's boyfriend's sister, as she was the lifeguard who was trying to help me get up and not choke! Not a dignified way to meet someone. OOPS!! LOL!
We spent about an hour there. My favorite part of the Natatorium, aside from the hot tub, which I spent a lot of time in, was the "Lazy River". THAT is fun! The kids and I played "tag" of sorts in there. It was fun. We had to be careful not to run over other people since the current would just take us and drive us around on its own.
We have since spent the rest of the afternoon and evening doing very little. Tony and the little guy have watched a football game, I've been alternating between reading and playing on the computer. Of course, there's also the ubiquitous laundry, which never ends.
I'm making plans to go back to the Natatorium tomorrow. I'm going to make use of my membership and start using the facilities and working out a bit more. I gave the family a year's membership to the place and I fully intend to take advantage of it myself. I have already eyed a spinning class that I want to look into. Who knows, maybe I'll run myself over again here as well! Should be fun!
Tuesday is karate. I'm looking forward to that!! Time to get back into a "normal" schedule. I have let the leader of my son's Scout Pack know that I absolutely can NOT go get the bags at Roundtable for Scouting for Food. I'm not giving up karate anymore. I have an agenda--to stay with what I like to do and work hard at it.
