Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Artic Chill

Well I solved my boredness. My cousin, who is 5, had talked me into taking him for a swim. I wasn't looking that forward to it right away, because just yesterday the water was freezing. I walked out the door thinking that maybe since he was wanting to go so bad that it would be a little warm. I was completely wrong in every part. When I looked out the window I saw bright shining sun. Like really bright, and no clouds in sight. I thought that since the sun was so bright and it was out this much that it might be warm, especially since it was aroung 10 A.M. and summer. So I walked outside to feel what the air felt like. It. Was. Cold. That's all I have to say about it. The sun was deceiving. The wind was blowing and I noticed the hairs on my arms and legs begin to stand up. This wasn't good, mostly because I had already told him yes to swimming. So I walked up to the pool hoping that the sun had warmed the water up even though the air was chilly. I put my hand in and it actually felt nice and warm, but just a little. So what do, I do I go in and change.
We get back outside to the pool and we both just stand their. He looks at me thinking I'm going to jump in first. I give him a look like " Yea right!" and he snickered. "Alright, I'll just go then," and he jumps in. Me, not wanting to look like a little baby, jumps right in after him not even waiting for him to come back up and tell me how cold it is. I hit the water and everything that I have just shoots out of me. My body was shivering because it was so cold, and goosebumps shot up all over. It felt like we had just jumped into a pool in canada! I come up and he's paddling to the steps to jump in again. I just look at him like he's crazy. He starts to get out of the water and the wind starts to blow again chilling his body to the very edge. He screams and jumps back in very quickly. I laugh and just go back under water. This was just crazy, I mean like the entire thing I dont even know why I was still in the pool, I guess because it was gonna be even more cold getting out and grabbing my towel. And I was right.
When I popped out of the water again I saw that he was running to the towels on the deck. So since he was getting out I was not staying anymore. I swam to the steps and started to rise out of the water. It was like a meat locker, except one you would be naked in. I ran for my towel and wrapped my body in it. We began running for the back door and just continued until we got to the big shower where we just jumped into swim shorts and all just to get warm once again. My boredem had been cured and I was happy as could be now. After this I began to think of many things to do, I didn't do anything though, and went swimming once again around 4 hours later.