My First Official Swim Lesson :)

Well, here I go.  At the age of 41 I am taking my first official swim lessons!  Wow!  With triathlons in my future it is a no brainer.  I can either stick to pool swims, and forget the open water triathlons, or jump in (literally) and go for it!  HA!  You know me, sign me up - I'm not too proud to take lessons. 
So I show up at the pool with no idea about how to even put on a swim cap.  A lovely sight to say the least.  Do the normal shower off, meet you at the bleachers coach, and swallow hard.  Here I go! 
She is not in her swimsuit but assures me she will get in if I would like.  Um, yes.  So off come her clothes.  She laughingly shows me how to put on my swim cap (note to self: wet your hair next time) and in we go.  I show her what I can do (which is keep myself afloat with my self taught maneuvers) and the lesson officially begins.  Drills, drills, drills.  With a paddle board and without.  After 15 minutes I thought I would drown, for sure,  from exhaustion.  But I hung in there - she was swimming along side me with her graceful ways the entire time.  I only swallowed water twice and at the end of my first lesson - I was officially swimming!  Yep, side to side breathing and everything.  How exciting - how liberating, oh and yes - how exhausting!  I cannot wait to jump in the pool tomorrow to do my drills so I can proudly show her at the next lesson!  I feel like a child who just had their training wheels removed from their bicycle.
I hope you do something that makes you feel the same.  I hope you have whatever your goal is in BIG BOLD WRITING -  hanging up to hold yourself accountable.   To reminder yourself that you CAN do it - YOU WILL DO IT!  And enjoy every minute of it!