On Fast Lanes, Fans and Fishes ...

If there are 9 people in the fast lane, and I'm the fastest by a long shot, you can be assured it is an overcrowded lane swim. And one of the slowest fast lanes in history. A lifeguard said to me afterwards, "You came to the worst lane swim in the history of the pool!" But by 8:00 it cleared out, so we won't be making that same mistake twice!

On the sparkly things front, I've been receiving compliments on this necklace of late. I had thought I might buy the fan coral necklace as reminder of my trip to Grand Cayman, as I saw so many just sea swimming. But my friend E. got it for Christmas, so I revised my plan. On my Stingray City trip, I saw two different flat needlefish, and that made this a fine alternative. That and the pot was significantly sweetened by the Summer Sale price — online it was temporarily marked down 70%. You can bet I'll be sporting it when I'm next in the tropics, too!