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No we didn't go shopping. Mom and I got up and went swimming this morning.

I went to get her and she had the nerve to say it was too cold and that we should wait and go swimming at the JCC. Knowing that if you put off a workout you will not actually get it done, I told her to suck it up. (also the JCC's pool is notoriously HOT, not bad warming up but killer when you are actually working out).

We had another little argument about warming up the car. Mom's side was that we were going to freeze at the pool warming up in the car would just make it worse. My side is the pool is going to be cold but that does not mean we should freeze on the way over, besides it is freezing from the car to the building so we can be warm until we leave the car.

I did a 2500 yard workout which was great for my first real workout in years. Mom realized she was doing 1 laps for every 2 of mine. Mom attributes this to her age which is twice as many years as me. It was still fun though we didn't goof off as much as we did the last time we went to Brighton's pool.

After the swim we dove off of the diving board and I noticed a brick on a display case and fondly remembered treading water with the brick lifted out of the water. I had to give it a try. Mom timed me I lasted 30 seconds and mom was very surprised that I didn't last very long and had to try it to prove how easy it really is. She didn't last very long but had to try it again. trying to show me up by doing 2 sets of 5 seconds sounded better then one for 30. This is when the trouble started, she didn't last long (again) but had to drop the brick. The deep end is 13 feet, even in my prime 13 feet was pushing it. The brick landed on the ramp leading to shallow water so I'd say it landed 11-12 feet down.

It was my idea and Mom couldn't go get it so I had to give it a try. I could feel the pressure but it wasn't too bad then 2 feet of so from the brick I felt a pop. Leaving the brick behind I came back up and was strangely dizy. We felt bad but had to leave the brick for the lifeguard or swim team to fetch it. my hearing is a little muted but I'll take a few days and hopefully it will get better.