SOCIAL DISTANCING

IN ‘LIFE BEFORE’ IT BECAME OUR DELIGHTFUL HABIT TO MEET AT A & W’S ON WEDNESDAYS AFTER OUR POOL WORKOUT.  WHEN THE WINTER WEATHER MADE THE PARKING LOT AN ICY MESS TERRY WOULD OFTEN DROP ME OFF AT THE DOOR AND THEN PICK ME UP AND THEN WE WOULD JOIN THE GANG AT THE DUB. 

AND MAN (!) HAVE I BEEN MISSING MY POOL WORKOUTS AND MY FRIENDS THAT I USED TO SEE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK.  

THESE ARE THE NICEST FOLKS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO MEET.  I’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT AND I HAVE WORKED OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT POOLS OVER THE YEARS. 

IT MIGHT SOUND CORNY TO SAY BUT THESE FOLKS MADE THE EXPERIENCE MORE LIKE A FAMILY REUNION ( WITH A FAMILY THAT CAN’T WAIT TO GET TOGETHER AND LAUGH AND CATCH UP !). WE SOMETIMES JOKED THAT WE WERE TAKING ‘YAKERSIZE’.

BUT THE PETER HEMMINGWAY POOL EXPERIENCE WAS NOT JUST FOR THE BODY BUT FOR THE SOUL AS WELL. SOME OF THE SENIORS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF MOVEMENT BUT HAVING A PLACE TO MEET UP SOCIALLY WAS GOOD FOR THE BODY TOO.

 SO TODAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING UP WITH SOME OF MY FAVOURITE POOL FRIENDS …. ( NEAR) THE A & W PARKING LOT.  AT LEAST 3 COUPLES WERE RETURNED ‘SNOWBIRDS’ ( US BEING COUNTED HERE) SO IT WAS SO GOOD TO RECONNECT AGAIN IN THAT WAY TOO. 

AND YES, IT WAS ODD TO SIT FAR APART AND NOT GREAT EACH OTHER WITH PHYSICAL HUGS.   BUT THE SMILES WERE WIDE AND THE LOVE APPARENT. WE ALL BROUGHT OUR OWN FOOD/ DRINKS ( THANK YOU, TERRY FOR MAKING A HOT BREAKFAST!) AND HAD AN OUTDOOR PICNIC AND WONDERFUL CATCH UP ON MANY OF THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES.

BUT OH THE WIND WAS BRUTALLY COLD AND WE ALL KNEW WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SIT THERE LONG DESPITE THE SUN AND WARM FEELINGS OF WHICH WE WERE REWARDED. 

IT’S O.K.. WE WILL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO STAY CONNECTED…AND SAFE. 

LOOKS LIKE THIS MIGHT BECOME A REGULAR THING.   SEE YOU AT THE DUB…BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!