I really don't like swimming: day 29 of Janathon

I really don't like swimming.

• I don't like getting changed
• I dislike people seeing me in my swimsuit (I have "issues", which probably stem from my fat days. I also find it hard to get over being seen almost naked in public...)
• I really don't enjoy getting into the pool for the first time when it's all cold
• I think bad thoughts about other people who get in my way and/or swim with their head out of the water to keep their hair dry
• I have a "thing" about other people's hair/floating plasters/potential wee/skin flakes/verrucas/other unpleasantness 
• And I detest getting dry and dressed again! 

So goodness knows why I bother swimming at all, or sending my kids to their potential doom.

Anyway, I swam today, about 600 m. I lost count of lengths at 20 and just kept saying 20 to myself at each end. Stupid brain. I swam for 20 minutes though, at my usual pace, which I reckon is nearer 800 m but I'll round down.

I was kicked in the face twice by a small boy who was trying to swim alongside his much faster dad. I tried to cut under him and he decided to change lanes to where I was swimming. Needless to say, I gave him a bit of an earful the second time and told him to make his mind up where he was swimming.

I need a bath in Dettol now.