Amazing & Exciting

First, the amazing. Two things actually:

1. The fact that I got up and swam before work today is amazing.

2. The rate at which one looses swimming fitness is also amazing. I last swam 2 weeks ago and did a 3000 yd workout including a fairly long ladder set. I had a short ladder set planned for this morning preceded by 5 100s. After a warmup and the first 100 I abandoned the ladder for 10 x 100 (a 1500 yd workout in all). Good news though is that all 10 were fairly consistent (not fast, but consistently 1:49-1:51). So ... I have something to work on ... going further, getting those 100s faster, etc.

And now, for the exciting ... I got a car! Well, I don't actually have it yet ... its on a boat from Germany (or at least that is what I like to think), and should be here early next week, but this is what it will look like:

http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/3/328xicoupe/default

Mine will be Monaco Blue Metallic with Saddle Brown on the inside ... Definitely, a much, much nicer car than I need but I'm going with not so nice that I don't deserve it ...??

The car is the most commitment I have ever made to anything, I don't even have a plant and I signed a 3 year lease so ... I guess I'm growing up. And I tell ya, its exhausting. In addition to signing the lease, my dad was meeting me there to make sure they didn't pull the wool over my eyes with anything and he was one hour late and he wasn't answering his cell phone - turns out that he forgot his cell phone and then got stuck in Columbus day traffic but I was sure that something horrendous had happened and it was going to be all my fault (for making him come with me). Of course while he was missing, my mother got all freaked out and then dad got annoyed with us for over reacting ... but what were we supposed to think??? Men, I tell ya.

Anyway, I'm beat. Goodnight boys & girls!