Pool Standoff

Thank you so much for the Halloween goodies, andy_slayde , ali_wilde , and cinnatart ! I'm still debating about whether or not I want to give out candy on Halloween night in RL. Usually I just have a small handful of trick-or-treaters, and I don't much feel like sitting in the living room waiting for them to show up. Grumpy, I know.

Last night at water aerobics, the motel where we work out had some kind of promotion going, because the pool was full of other people (which never happens) and they were all irritated with us for coming in and exercising, because I guess the front desk failed to mention that the pool got used for an exercise class 2 hours every week. (There were other things for them to do while we were in the pool: a hot tub, a wading pool, some water slides. But everyone got all territorial.)

So our teacher was hell-bent on proving we needed every inch of that damn pool...and she kicked our asses from here to next week doing it. I usually stand near her, and as the level of intensity got ridiculous, I started groaning, "Joan...you're killing me."

"Well, I know."

She's my mother's age and has a bunch of pins in her thigh where she shattered her thighbone last winter, and she's tough as nails and can totally kick my butt. (And she's awesome, that goes without saying.)

Anyway. Today I feel it. In fact, I felt it at 3am. Very intensely! Owie.