I spent 2:20-4:30 in bed with a 2 year old who wouldn't fall asleep. He would be almost asleep (and me too), then would shift and press his sweaty face into mine. Every 10-15 minutes, for two hours.

The butterfly still completely boggles me. I can't imagine how it works; I can't imagine doing it.

Back in the 70s there was a show called Superstars where athletes from different sports competed against each other

Oh man, hadn't thought of that show in FOREVER.

And I'm definitely

I can't imagine how it works; I can't imagine doing it.

It's totally fun, and once you get it down it's easily the most natural feeling stroke - like you're really working with the water rather than fighting it.

I spent 2:20-4:30 in bed with a 2 year old who wouldn't fall asleep. He would be almost asleep (and me too), then would shift and press his sweaty face into mine. Every 10-15 minutes, for two hours.

That sounds unfun. I didn't sleep much, either-- I was up far to late chatting with a very old friend on Facebook, and then couldn't sleep, and then spent from about 4 am - 5:30 with a cat butt on my face and hind legs trying to choke me. I can't understand why she won't lay the other way around!

It's totally fun, and once you get it down it's easily the most natural feeling stroke - like you're really working with the water rather than fighting it.

That's really interesting to me, because it's not how I imagine it at all!

My "good" news for the day is that my 2pm meeting got moved to 4, so I don't have to skip out of my 10-3 meeting early. The 10-3 meeting (with lunch break) is still not good news.

I'm trying to navigate the schedules and finer points of what middle school is going to entail this year for Nate. I swear, it was much easier when I was in junior high-- this seems like it's convoluted just for the sake of being convoluted.

I think I need more caffeine.

Still...who was the first dude to figure that out, that it's possible to even do?

"Geheald mīn bēor. Wearda!"

("Hold my beer. Watch this!")

I'll never be able to do the butterfly -- I can't clear my sinuses fast enough to not choke on water as I'm trying to breathe (even with opening my mouth at the above water moments). It's only strokes that keep your head above water for me, alas.

Ginger @ 4236 -- as usual, Alcohol Was Involved.

When I was a kid I injured my shoulder swimming fly. My Chiropractor's jaw DROPPED when I showed him the motion that had caused the problem.

It can be a hard stroke to get down. In the high school league I swam in disqualifications were common. The main reason I raced it wasn't that I was particularly fast, it was that I had a "legal fly". So even though I was slow, I swam Butterfly and IMs for years because I wouldn't get a DQ. There is some life lesson there, beats me what it is.

I agree with Brenda, it feels wonderful once you get it down. I wonder if it developed in rough water -- you really are riding the water and you can get your head nice and high to take a breath.