My blogging time today is short so I’m going to give you a quick thought. One of my favorite things about being on a swim team is the looks on stranger’s faces when I bump into people from my team in public places and one of us inevitably says, “I almost didn’t recognize you with [...]
Archive for the ‘Obey Your Masters’ Category
24 Jun
Default, the two sweetest words in the English Language
US Masters swim meets are scored by age groups, so instead of competing against the entire group of participants, you compete against people your age. Being in the 30-34 age group is kind of a bummer for a new swimmer like me. Most of the girls in that age group swam in high school or [...]
20 Jun
Swimmies
I won’t be around the internet today or this weekend, because I’m on my way to Vermont for my second ever swim meet! Hooray! Finally, a way to quantify all my hard swimming work! At my first meet in March, I swam in 3 whole races. This time, I’m swimming in five, and, as I’ve [...]
18 Jun
Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, FLIP!
Last March, when I had my first swim meet the same weekend as the great blogger meet-up, NPW, Stefanie and Lara came to watch me compete not drown, quickly. After my race, one of them (I think it was Lara?) asked me what I think about while I swim. I didn’t have an answer to [...]
17 Jun
All quiet on the Tannenbaum Front
Ever since the heat wave of last week, things have been super quiet in my life. I’m in a bit of a rut, or a routine if you will. Wake up, go swimming, go to work, go home, watch a DVD. Sometimes I’ll throw a little gardening, yard sale, or a trip to New Jersey [...]
5 Jun
Quick update…
The weather report says only a scant chance of scattered rain, so I’m gearing up to bike to work again! So I’ll make this quick before I go. Firstly: I know you were all so very concerned about the other {Noelle Tannenbaum} who (accidentally) used my social security number in 2005 and caused me to [...]
21 May
There’s no wrong way
Tuesday night at the cottage was not unlike Monday night at the cottage. I came home from work, and it was raining, delaying my portobello mushroom grilling extravaganza for one more day. I had no other plans, so the night was dedicated to reading, phone calling, and DVD watching. Since I’m in Netflix limbo, the [...]
