What I’ve Learned in Swim Class
How to swim (or, what I’ve learned in swim class):
Keep your head below water.
Be a fish. You love the water.
It’s fun to pull yourself through water. It’s like thick air. It’s like Jell-O.
Breathing is overrated and unnecessary.
Keep your goddamn head below water.
Pear-shaped people have a built-in pull buoy.
Make sure your swimsuit can handle your awkward maneuvers. Otherwise it might fall apart while you’re swimming, and then you’ll have to play it cool while diving for the lost strap.
Don’t stare at the instructor’s aging aquatic mammal body. One day you too will look this strange.
Feel the water with your forearms.
Aim your hands for the center of your fish line.
Keep your damn head below water.
Pull each stroke with your whole torso, not just your hands.
Think about every little motion.
But don’t think too much about it.
Fresh Hell 
Soon you’ll be swimming like a mermaid……
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🙂 I still swim like an awkward terrestrial primate, but one day I will swim like a mermaid!
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No wonder I’m not crazy about swimming! I always try to keep my head above the water!
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ah, that’s your mistake. Don’t worry so much about breathing, you know? 😉
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