Trying New Things=Lots of Laughter

Monday evening - I signed up for something new.........Water Aerobics

Now, I don't know what this conjures up in your mind......but for me - it was heavyset old ladies.  I'm not trying to be offensive but I've been swimming laps at the YMCA before when the water aerobics began and that is what I saw.

So, Monday evening - I get there and I get into my swimsuit and swim cap (cuz after all, I don't want the blue in my hair to go away from the chemicals in the pool).  I was watching the "older" people come in and as I walked to an open space in the pool and jumped into the water - I suddenly had a reality check.  I was one of these heavyset old ladies!

The other reality check was that the pool is 4ft deep and with me being 5ft - the water was already up to my chin.....so keep this in mind as I continue my story.  By this time Steve was laughing so hard.

We began by walking and then "jogging" around the pool (in the water, of course).  That was fun but if you can imagine the amount of current that 10 heavyset old ladies get going in this pool. Then the instructor tells us to change directions and go against the current. OH MY GOSH!!!!!  I couldn't move. It was like I was stuck in jello. Then she's telling us to get back to our spots and I'm on the opposite side of the pool - trying to get back to my spot as I'm trying to walk/jog/jump/swim against this incredible whirlpool that we've created.  Finally I give up and go back to being in the current and finally get back to my spot.

Now, you're remembering that the water is already up to my chin - and that's me standing flat footed. So now we're doing these jumping jacks - holy cow!!!!  the amount of water being churned up by this point is moving me all over the place. I feel like one of those buoys out in the middle of the water. And we're supposed to now be jumping in some kind of a "box pattern" to get other muscles involved. Finally I ask the instructor if we're supposed to be coordinated cuz I for sure am not getting it down. One of the ladies next to me said, "just jump, that's what i do, as long as you just jump."

By this time, I'm just dying laughing in the pool and I'm very glad that I have my swim cap on cuz basically I'm having a difficult time keeping my head above water. Now she's asking us to squat and then jump.  WOW!!!!  tidal wave and if I squat - I actually disappear under the water - so then I'm jumping up.  In these split seconds - I'm laughing so hard cuz I know it's gotta look really really comical.

Now we're having to do these "coordinated" jumps and steps across the pool in lanes and I have these 2 kinda grumpy ladies beside me that I keep bumping into because the waves are pushing me around. I decided that I'm having a good time and that I should just be called "Bob".

Steve and I are still sitting at the dinner table in our little local pub and we're laughing so hard that we're about falling off our chairs. Steve said that he wants to come and stand outside the window and take a video and then sign up for facebook and put it on there. I told him - I have no shame and I would put up the video myself.  OH MY GOSH!!!!

I'm going back tonight!!!!  Laughter is such good exercise for body and soul!!!