May 13, 2004

saliva!

I was having an upsetting problem while doing my almost-daily swimming practice. My goggles would persistently get foggy to the point I was swimming blinded by the haze. That took my concentration from the actual swimming and let me all distracted trying to fix it or understand why was it happenning to me, since everybody else looked fine. I even bought a new pair of goggles, thinking that the problem could be the quality of my first ones. When the same happened to my second pair, I started to think the problem was my big face or my undisciplined personality. It was only after many conversations with different people that I came across the information that changed my swimming - You’ve gotta LICK the lens of the goggles to prevent them to get foggy! When I first heard that I twisted my face in disgust. It was only when I overcame my repugnance and tried doing it, that I could see [SEE!!] the miracle happening!

Now I swim like a mermaid [or at least try!], and are able to see the other swimmers, the sky, the water, and all the yucky stuff that rests on the bottom of the pool!