#water exercise

Enjoy you wim.

I took a shower at home to wash the chlorine off after swimming. There were no unaccompanied preteen boys yelling and playing in the shower, oblivious to the existence of other people.

I get my 2nd spinal injection Monday. The first one really made a big difference. My pain has improved about 75% on good days and even on the bad days its still improved about 40-50%. I'm looking forward to seeing how much more mobility I can regain after the 2nd.

I'm down 20lbs since starting nutrisystem on June 10, 2021. That brings me to a totally of 40+ lbs lost since October 17, 2020 when I quit diet coke and 60 lbs lost since my all time highest weight a few years ago. And I'm down 4 or 5 sizes since then too. It will be time to clean out my closet and get rid of more clothes soon. Can't wait!

For the first time in about 6 1/2 years I feel optimistic about the future and my health. It feels good.

Made it to Monday evening water exercise class.

It featured a third instructor girl of the three classes we've gone to. I am pretty sure it was her first time doing the class, and not sure she had much prep. She was looking at a piece of paper for guidance and the front office workers were encouraging her when we got there.

I felt she did a fine job though, certainly not the worst of the three we've seen. My big complaint was not projecting her voice well enough. This was a more notable issue as the class was the biggest of the ones we have yet been to, with about 25 participants. It's good to see people using the program but did make it a bit tougher to hear at times.

Sometimes it's a bit hard to hear in the pool area.

But I think it's more likely the exercise class instructor was named something like Ashley than it is she introduced herself as an accident.

Sign on the door to the locker room at the pool.

Apparently it's sometimes called a bathroom.

I saw no lockers or baths in there though.

However, there was also no food.

This sign is also on the pool side, which didn't make sense to me either.

Anyway, we went back to the pool to do another water exercise class and I'm very glad we did.

This class had a different instructor woman. Amazingly, I actually don't know if she even has a phone. She did have a more engaging personality and had more exercises and played the music a bit louder so it could be heard and actually made sure the people in the class were doing alright and understood the exercises and all those little details.

I feel most at home in the air. But I must say, I'm quite comfortable in water. It's so soothing. Whether for recreation or health. It just.... it quiets my mind/worries. I exist in a weird mental state, (good weird) and my body isnt (usually) in pain when I'm in it.

We caught up about life stuff. He talked a lot about his DND stuff (which I thoroughly enjoy listening to) and then mostly stayed quiet. Some chatter here and there. But it was nice just existing for a while with an old friend.

I've known him since.... maybe 13/14? Half my life. Good guy. Retired early from the marines due to injury? His girl he's been going steady with's birthday is the day before his, and his is the day before mine. Just a tidbit I find funny. They moved in together, big things! He's really happy. She has brought an era of peace to his life that honestly he really needed and deserves and I'm so happy he has that.

Good things good things. I feel quite content myself. Whenever we hang out (few and far between because, life) my brain speedruns from when we met fresh into middle school until present day. Just, all the life that has happened between then and now. Kind of a nostalgic and sentimental brain thing that happens with him and a select few people from my earlier years.

I feel like there may not be enough people in the Albuquerque area who are literate in whatever language this is and not also literate in English or Spanish to make printing and posting this sign worth the trouble.