I have had a hard couple of weeks. After the passing of two friends last week, I took one full week off of swimming. I know that getting in the pool and getting some exercise would have helped me out mentally but for some reason I took a different route. I decided to withdraw, feel sad and eat candy. After just completing 6 days of hard training this week I have decided that I made the right choice. Sometimes it is okay to be out of your mind. Sometimes it is okay to be depressed and sometimes it is fine to not swim…..

The picture  is from a training swim last summer. I can’t stop staring at this photo. No matter when I look at this photo, no matter what I am doing, I always want to be right there. That is my power center and it is even healing seeing the photo. A few short weeks and it will be a reality. The temp of Tahoe was 44.7 yesterday. A few more ticks of the mercury and I am in. I can’t wait!