supervising from the couch: Out of my comfort zone

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Out of my comfort zone

I'm three days into an adult swimming class. This is pretty huge for me—not only do I hate to wear a swimsuit and get my face wet, but I've never swum laps in my life. Thanks to some ~~pressure~~ encouragement I finally tried it on Friday. I've already noticed some progress, and I definitely have the most potential for improvement in the group! It cracks me up when Ellie and Ainsley tell me what a great job I'm doing. :)

3 comments:

Natalie Allen said...: Yessssss!!! :)

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Just let me know which one to sign up for.
.; July 14, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Melissa said...: So glad you're doing it!; July 14, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Michelle said...: Natalie—haha. I'm not that far out of my comfort zone yet.
Melis—thanks for the moral support.

I'm making progress, and today there was someone new, who needed more coaching than I did! Yay!; July 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.