I have twin children. I babysit twins. I work taking care of my children. I enjoy tennis. I'm not artistic. I plan for my future. I'm scared of water. I might try swimming. I have booked swimming lessons to get over my fears. I might sign up for an art class. I don't have great art skills.  I'm nervous about art class. I grill about once a month.  My kids like to eat cereal. I would love to go on a houseboat. I am going to swimming lessons next week, I have bought a costume for it.
I just received my master's degree in history. I live on an old houseboat. I currently work as a bartender. I have two brothers and two sisters. My mom works for FedEx. I enjoy going to the movies, shopping, or just hanging out with my mom. My mom is my best friend. I like the Indianapolis Colts. I have played tennis; I enjoyed it. I am good at tennis. I'm an understanding person. I like to try new things. I have insurance. I have peace of mind. I grew up with a big family. I like cooking, basketball and playing video games. I like to grill. I love Lucky Charms cereal. I like to travel all over with my houseboat. I don't take it too far in rough waters, but I do like going around the lake in nice weather. I bought my houseboat five years ago from one of my mom's work colleagues. I have been living in it while I work on my masters. I look at YouTube videos to help me with maintenance for my houseboat. I have a job at a local museum as a curator. I love my job as a curator, I especially like interacting with the historical art of the museum. I work in a department with five people in total, I get along with them well.
I went to my first swimming lessons yesterday, and it went terrific. I felt much more comfortable in the water, and I even learned a new swimming technique. I am excited to continue taking the lessons so I could continue to get over my fear of water. That's great news! What new technique did you learn? The backstroke? I didn't realize I could swim so easily even with my head out of the water! Of course, I need more practice with my face IN the water, but this was an easy technique to start with. Wow great job. I can swim but I still struggle with getting water up my nose lol. do your kids know what you are doing? You are setting a great example for them of how to walk through fear They know I'm taking a class, but I haven't told them what it is about yet. I will wait till I can show them confidently what I've learned. I'm always a person who hates letting others see me make mistakes. Do you ever feel like that? Yes definitely. I usually do stuff on my own for that reason. You should really let them know what is going on, because they can get strength seeing you work on this everytime you go to a swimming lesson. For me, I don't tell people because I feel it puts pressure on me and I worry about failing or letting them down. It wounds like you are doing really well though! I know that worry really well. I'm so embarrassed of this fear, and if I don't conquer it, I'll feel ashamed for a long time. It's so mortifying to be an adult who can't swim! That is understandable! I feel like no matter what happens you have already learned how to do the backstroke, so technically you do know how to swim. Everything else is icing on the cake! FYI, I'm an introvert which is why I love working at the museum but I have to fake being an extrovert when I bartend.  That makes a lot of sense! I bet it's exhausting to be "on" all the time. Yeah totally. You should plan a surprise swimming weekend to surprise your family and keep you motivated. Like a beach weekend, but maybe not the ocean cuz waves can get crazy lol. Yeah, perhaps just a lake trip could work. I also don't like crowds, so hopefully the lake would be a little calmer. Which lake is your houseboat on? I don't like crowds either. It's at Lake Bass which isn't very crowded. I would never go to Havasu because of the crowds there. I love the museum because it's rarely crowded and it's so quiet.