Today was a good day, it wasn't a Monday, so it had that going for it from the start. It was very nice outside but very windy so I decided on a day at the pool {indoor pool} We usually go to the APEX center with our friends every week, but since they have been sick and are now leaving us for Mickey Mouse in California, I decided we could try somewhere different. We love the pool at the APEX, so why did I not just stick with the usual? Because silly me believes everything she reads. Last night I got a Lakewood Commons packet in the mail, it had listings of all the pools in the area. One sounded great, it had a pirate ship with water features, a dragon slide, and a family pool. This sounded great so I wrote down the address, grabbed my GPS {because I always get lost} and we were out the door. I type in the address and wait for the GPS to tell me where to go. It leads me to a closed road, so I try and go around, but I end up going in circles. I am also starting to notice that this does not look like an area for a rec center, not at all. I decide to stop, google the name and get the phone number. I call and ask how to get there from my current cross streets. WOW my GPS was way off today, there must be more than one Reed St. and I obviously wasn't specific enough somewhere along the way. By the time we find our way to the pool I realize that going to the APEX would've been faster, this pool is closer to our house, but I knew where the other one was. I put the drive behind me, grab my cute little guy and head in for some fun. We pay up front and get our wristbands. As we approach the glass doors to the pool I am in shock.... really.... this is the great pool I read about? All I see is a little pretend pirate ship, with broken water features and peeling paint. Oh and did I mention the two small dry slides for the little kids? Those were fun. Okay, so nothing works in the kids area, and I see paint chips in the water from the amazing ship so maybe we'll go down the dragon slide. Maybe not. The dragon slide is a pitch black tunnel that starts with a big drop, which is not ideal for a Mom with a baby on her lap. The slide then disappears out the wall and then comes back and spits you out of darkness into the pool. I take my man to the top to see what he thinks about this dragon slide.... he screams. So we didn't do that. Okay we can still go in that great family pool area I read about. Well, the family pool area is 7 feet deep, and although I am trying to get in shape I don't want to tread water while holding my 25 pound little man above water.I don't really see how this little 7 foot deep square is family friendly, but that's just me. We left about ten minutes after getting there. We had fun trying to explore, but if I had just stuck to our usual routine we would've had a MUCH better swim day. I used to think it was a good thing to always explore new things and try new places, but now that my choice effects the outcome of our day I think it may be wise for me to stick to the tried and true places on my list. I also do this at restaurants, just ask my Husband, he always points it out.I will have something I love at a certain restaurant but I feel like trying something new, I think it will be great and it will be fun to try something different! Does this ever turn out well? Rarely. I usually really don't like my new choice and find myself wishing I had got my usual, this is when my Husband points out that I always do this, and that I should just get what I KNOW I like. But where's the fun in that? Well, I guess the fun is knowing that I will enjoy me meal. So from now on I am going to stick to the usual. I am going to go to the usual places, eat my usual food, and I am going to try and incorporate a usual workout into my routine. I think I will try this plan for awhile and see how it goes. Maybe once my son is older I will be more adventurous again, but not now. So tonight will be the first night I try to add in my new workout to my daily routine. I figure if I can stick to it for a couple of months then it will become the "usual" thing for me to go do after my son goes to bed, that's my plan anyway. So I am off to have another usual night, and I am hoping for a nice usual day tomorrow, no more dragons please.
Kelly Callahan
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