Subject, who cares?
Alright, so as we can all see by now I only update this here journal of mine when I have time to do so, which means I must be happy because I have time, which means I must be happy now. So, I shall articulate to you now why I am happy.
First and foremost, if you read my last post some eighty years ago, you will remember that taper has started. Now taper has ended. Although the increase of happiness from non-taper to taper is still immeasurably greater than from taper to nothing, I'm still pretty happy now that swim season is over.
Which brings me to my next point, the end of swim season. Today was the first day of CCS--well before I go on, may I suggest that anyone who doesn't like listening to a conceited guy tell about his amazing accomplishments please leave now. For those of us who stayed, here's what happened. My best time for the 200 free this season so far was a 1:53.44. Today I got a 1:50.45, righteously kicking the crap out of a pesky three seconds that I really didn't care if they were there anyway, cause 1:53 is friggin fast anyway. But anyway, next came the 500 free, where I went from a former 5:09 to a 5:02, leaving another 7 seconds with their backsides sore. In the 200 free relay, my 50 sprint dropped from a 23.6 to a 22.7 and my 100 free sprint in the 400 relay went from 51.3 to 50.7. Long story short, I kicked ass, I'm ecstatic (hence my mood noted above), and the hundred some odd dollars I spent on a Speedo Fastskin was worth every penny.
Yeah all you conceited-hating people can come back now. To further my happiness is that academics are easing up. AP's came and went, so now my only real time-consuming classes are religion and french. So yeah. In just the last week, I went from being in the busiest, most academically pressured, and physically drained state of my entire life right into being completely content with loads of free time. Yay for me. If your life sucks right now, I'm sorry, but it's my turn to sit back and relax. Oh and by the way, if you're life does suck right now, you need to fight through it. There have been countless times over the last semester when I really questioned if I would make it, or if things would turn out alright in the end. I stayed with it though, and told myself I would not let life kick my ass, and guess what? It didn't. So stay strong, because if you begin to think you're weak, you'll be weak. But if you go down in a blaze of glory, giving it everything you have, then no one can blame you for failing. Keep a positive attitude, never give up, and drink your ovaltine!