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I’m swimming to Saudi this month!
Yes, that’s right. You read the title correctly.
The pool has challenges every month. This month’s is swim the distance from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia (we just call it Saudi) during the month of April. The distance is 20,000 meters, which is 400 laps.
I signed up today. Already I have done 1500 meters. And that’s just [...]
Stress and Swimming
I’ve been really stressed at work lately. Everyone at work has been stressed lately. Late hours, extra work. We’re undermanned–about 70% manning just at a guess and have been that way for awhile, so this stress has just been building up. I’ve found myself being really grumpy the last two days and snapping at people. [...]