The torrential rain...

Decided to start just as I was about to step out from the gym with wee miss who's hair I had just carefully dried. Murphy's law some would say... Just my luck is more like what I was thinking... but we didn't melt as although my sugar consumption is often high... i'm not made of the stuff.

I get these funny flashbacks when I teach Sienna how to swim. I spend so many years of my adolescent life teaching hundreds of kids how to swim when I worked at the local pool as a swimming instructor and lifeguard. I think I can do it on auto pilot. Flutter board in hand I go through all the same lessons that for some reason I've not forgotten. Luckily she's fearless and hates wearing water wings... combined with her stubbornness surely means she'll be swimming on her own in no time. We were indeed fortunate to have a swimming pool in our backgarden for most of our lives until I turned 12 and we moved to the new house. I guess living 10 minutes from the sea is pretty cool too but not quite the same when you're trying to learn. Good thing the new gym just opened near my house. I swear, nothing melts away the stress of a crazy day faster than seeing wee miss float on her back with arms and legs out like a starfish while singing twinkle twinkle little star. I'm hoping she sleeps well tonight as a result!