*chels thinking* I was pondering about swimming and I wanted to write some of the things I was thinking down somewhere..so why not here? Swimming has been a part of my life for about 4 or 5 years now and it's always been one of the higher priorities on my list. I've always loved it, and even though there has definitley been a lot of ups and downs it all comes down to this. I love it. There are times however when I think differently. I was thinking this way early this afternoon. Sometimes I feel like I should be experiencing more, and trying more things. I tried other sports that include, Basketball, Soccer, and Gymnastics but I haven't stuck with them. There is so much more out there, and so much that I haven't experienced yet. It makes me sad to think about. Do I want to be swimmer for the rest of my life? (well, not the rest of my life, but you understand what I mean) These are my highschool years, isn't this the time when I should be grabbing ever opportunity there is to try something new? Shouldn't I be living life, not just swimming it? *shrugs* A lot of my friends are on the swim team, but many are not. The ones that are not seem to date more, to try more things, to hang out with lots of different people, to travel to many different places and it feels like I'm in rut. I really like hanging out with the swim team, and going to various different meets, and meeting different swimmers and just everything about swimming in general. I just hope that I'm not missing out on to much by sticking with it. I hope that I don't miss an opportunity to do something great because I couldn't miss out on practice one morning, or I couldn't miss that swim meet. I hope that there are still things out there left for me to experience and to enjoy, things that may indeed not include or have anything to do with swimming at all. I hope that I don't miss out. opportunities, please don't skip me.