It's HERE!!!!!

It's 5 AM. I'm in the hotel business center. Of course I still have ten minutes to sleep, but who can sleep? I've been up since 4:30. I actually got more sleep than I figured I might. I think I maanged to go to bed around 10:30.

Last night we went to the open swim and the beginners meeting. I thought the water would be really cold. It wasn't as bad as I thought. It had been in the sun all day though. The worst part is definitely not being able to see. I was warned. It wasn't what I expected though. I guess I was picturing hazy scenes like they show you in movies when people are underwater looking for buried treasure. But actually, it's just green. Very green. All you see is green. One woman said it was like swimming in pea soup. I concur. Another woman kind of freaked out I guess over it. She didn't care for the green and it really got to her and she said she had to kind of take a moment to calm herself down. Hopefully my non-panic will power me past some of those people, because my raw swimming ability isn't going to do it.

I'm nervous. Of course I take antacids every morning for the calcium, but I never take them on trips. What a day to be without them! The day I need them for more than their liming ability.

I guess since I have to be up in 3 minutes I should get moving on today. I can do this. Pea soup water here I come. But I have to be honest - if I run into a pea, I might just lose it.