Some days you ease into the water slower than others.
Sometimes there are other people in front of you, laughing off the cold. And then there are the people behind you, like you once were, hesitant and tiptoeing in, afraid in their new old versions of themselves, soon to be replaced in the series.
You have it down. You walk in, as far as you dare, at least to your waist. And then have your hands in, wet your arms, touch the cold to your face. Sprinkle it down your own back. Tease yourself into the cold.
Tease yourself as long as you dare, but at some point, it'll only get better when you dive in. Whole body, none of this saving your hair or keeping your head above the water. Just give in. Let the water take you like a fish.
You can swim all the way across, even if you tell your mother that you only went halfway. Just swim twice as fast. (less than 1:30 min 5:15 to 6:30ish)
Somehow, you go faster on a hot day.
Sometimes there are other people in front of you, laughing off the cold. And then there are the people behind you, like you once were, hesitant and tiptoeing in, afraid in their new old versions of themselves, soon to be replaced in the series.
You have it down. You walk in, as far as you dare, at least to your waist. And then have your hands in, wet your arms, touch the cold to your face. Sprinkle it down your own back. Tease yourself into the cold.
Tease yourself as long as you dare, but at some point, it'll only get better when you dive in. Whole body, none of this saving your hair or keeping your head above the water. Just give in. Let the water take you like a fish.
You can swim all the way across, even if you tell your mother that you only went halfway. Just swim twice as fast. (less than 1:30 min 5:15 to 6:30ish)
Somehow, you go faster on a hot day.
