I can float!!!

It was simply........breathtaking. A moment so pure and simple, it literally took my breath away (also, add to that the fact that I was actually underwater, so I am guessing that that might have had something to do with the "taking of the breath" part).

It was the perfect day for a dip, and I went to the natatorium (this building is strategically located about 2 mins away from my apartment) and reached the water, with my "cool blue" bathing suit. I totally, absolutely loved the feeling of the water on me...it is so magical...such a....delicious feeling. Folks around me had already started doing their own thing--splashing around, testing the feel of it, doing laps.... I started to feel like a complete moron (Oh, this is where I should probably tell you--I do know how to swim, used to take classes all the time in primary and middle school...all the way till I was 14 years old....and then I suddenly stopped). I did go back to the pool once (yeah, just once) in my first year but I just...couldn't.....float!!!! I was terribly shocked! Oh, woe is me...this was awful. All those years of training and then I completely lost the thing!!

Anyway...to get back to the magical moment......here I was, trying desperately to do something other than just stand there in 4ft. of water...when I thought, "Let's do this". And wonder of wonders! What do you think happened.....IT happened!!!! I swam! I actually kicked back from the pool wall and let go, kicking fast and hard....and I was on water.

Oh wowwww.......that right there. There's absolutely nothing quite like it. That was one of the best moments of my entire life--past, present and future. Source: J.Beever