Driving Around in my Automobile

Ah new car smell. How sweet it is. Dare I say it's as sweet as eating a second cupcake because it's the only one left on the plate and we all know that you can't leave a cupcake on the plate by itself. That's just mean. Anyway, the 3 has arrived. I was chauffeured to and from work yesterday by a very sick M who put his illness aside long enough for me to breathe deeply in that "yes you are the first owner of this vehicle and you look so hot in it" aroma. Driving it was a special joy as well, though I couldn't put it through much of a test in rush hour traffic. Still I was in it, with its many flashing lights, cup holders and moisture-sensing windshield wipers. Hmmm, technology.

In other news, I'm starting to feel the effects of the 3 or 4 times weekly swims. I'm still a long way from being a Victoria's Secret lingerie model, but I feel better and things, well, feel firmer. Which is good. I'm finding a great deal of amusement from my arms and shoulders which are starting to feel like they did in the basketball days. There's still flab to be lost, but most importantly I can feel the muscle forming beneath. The whole sleeping better and cardiovascular health thing is cool too. Swimming and aquafit have been ideal for me. What I hated about exercising was getting overheated and sweating. Total non-issues in the pool, plus (the big kicker) no pain. There's the "holy shit my muscles are going to ache forever" pain that comes from working out, but what I'm finding happily absent is the joint grinding, crippling pain that had me limping around town for most of the winter. That's right sucker, you can't mess with me in the water.

Finally the coolest thing of all is that I can easily swim from one end of the pool to the other without coming up for air. Next step: Gills!

Today's sing-a-long song: "New" by No Doubt

HRH