Swimming Update

I just want you to know...I am ridiculously impressed with myself and my BFF.  We have been swimming now since September.  I mean, seriously, that is a huge feat!  We did take a small break off during the holiday (maybe two weeks) because I was having ear issues and really we were just so busy, it made sense.  We have been back into the swing (or SWIM) of things for two weeks now.  Maybe my BFF might say differently, but I love having the high school girls swim team swimming every morning with us.  Just hearing my old coach (I swam my sophomore to senior year) yelling at the girls makes me want to push harder.  Actually, if I was swimming with both arms (yes, I swim all left-armed and NO, I don't swim in circles...hee hee) and not just backstroke, I think I would try and tackle their swim practices.  I have to admit, I hate that even one armed swimming hurts my bad shoulder and neck and I hate that I can't swim more than 100 yards at a time because my right shoulder feels stuck in a sore position, but I feel like I can't help but push myself to do more.  I imagine not everyone can sympathize with me on this, but for anyone who can, there doesn't seem to be anything worse than your body betraying you.  There is so much I WANT to be doing and so little I can actually do.  It's definitely frustrating.  I walk a VERY tight line between exercise that is beneficial for me and exercise that is bad for me.  That all being said, to me, being in the pool again is still super amazing.  And I am really proud of us for sticking it out....even when it's freaking freezing at 6:00am!  Here's to us, BFF!!!  Woot woot!