Jumped in Without Checking the Water (8/4/14)

I uncharacteristically spent $75 at Sports Authority for a pair of board shorts and goggles the other day. It wasn’t the frivolous spending that was out of the ordinary, but rather it was the ‘why’ I spent the money that was uncharacteristic. In preparation for the book tour I have been trying to lose a little weight and get a little healthier. With the desmoid tumors I have wrapped around my GI track I haven’t been able to find anything that lets me workout with any consistency. I thought the low impact nature of swimming would be a good fit.

The uncharacteristic mistake I made was that I didn’t check the pools first. I needed access to a pool for two months, and the monthly and daily rates to go to any of the local pools are unreasonable. At a point in time when I don’t have any disposable income every wasted dollar hurts that much more. My mistake was a good lesson on the importance of doing better research on planning my book tour. I actually preferred making that mistake now and getting it out of the way because I guarantee I won’t be making a similar screw up any time soon.