Re: Lean to swim in Bondi

Exciting Holidays Swimming
Come and join in the fun this Christmas
at Splash Swimming Acdemy!
13m Outdoor pool, easy location in North Bondi.
We offer swimming lessons for children from 2 to 12 yo with Austswim qualified instructor.
For 1/2 h Individual lesson $35 or $300 for 10 lessons
If you bring a friend along 2 children is $30 1/2 hour or $200 for 10 lessons
Contact Adelaide

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Hi Adelaide,

As an adult living with the shame of not being able to swim, first let me thank you for this opportunity. I'm not going to lie, I just shed a tear when I finally realized I'd no longer have to say 'I have a skin disorder' or 'I have the runs' to get out of swimming. Call me stupid but saying I was fat and ashamed of my body just never occurred to me.

But that ship has sailed now lady and I'll be darned if I can't indeed be one of the survivors who swam, ripping old ladies out of their way to reach the wreckage!

In the interests of full disclosure, I need to point out my bladder control issues (it's a glandular thing and YES, I'm kind of sensitive about it). It only happens when I am nervous, shy or relaxed, but since we are swimming in the ocean, it will be fine. Wait, we are swimming in the ocean aren't we?

I'm also concerned about that cat being a fellow student. My Dad had this idea to wash the cat when I was young and it ended badly. The cat jumped away from the laundry tub and latched onto my face with it's claws. After that we went to the local shops and I bought the wrong type of strawberry jam and had to take it back to the manager and exchange it. I'm still scarred by that because he was really mean.

Oh, one last thing, since I'm of legal age, can I request inappropriate touching? I think that might take my mind off both the bladder control issues and the cat and from what I've read about swim coaches, it seems to be part of the service whether you want it or not anyway.

FS