Where everybody knows your name...

After a couple of weeks off for the annual Cherry Blossom trek, the Ocho headed back to the pool tonight. It was a triumphant return as HP08 swam a full half mile with only one break in the middle and avoiding as much as possible pushing off of the walls. Since HP08 has about 3 weeks to prepare for Smith Mountain, she was relieved that her first spin in the pool in a while went fairly smoothly. The only unpleasantry came when the Ocho headed back to the locker room to jump in the shower before heading home. (This was only after HP08 had to pad to the front desk in nothing but a soggy towel and her wet two-piece racing suit because the pool side was out of clean towels. Grr...) So, she saw a woman stick her bathing suit in the drying machine outside of the shower area and in an effort to be nice and helpful, as we all know the Ocho always strives to be, HP08 turns and says "Just to warn you, that machine has been known to eat bathing suits." The woman, not even turning around to acknowledge HP08's existence says in an ultra-snotty "Um, yeah, I've been around here long enough to know that." The Ocho really wanted to say "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were I 'regular' at the Y. I guess I missed everyone yelling 'NORM!' as you got in the pool!" So, HP08 says down with the bitchy YMCA regulars and up with kindness in the locker room!!!
Oh, and one other piece of bad news for all the YMCA ladies...it looks like the hotty lifeguard may have a lady in his life. He spent the entirety of HP08's swim hanging out and chatting up a new female lifeguard that the Ocho had never seen before. This didn't stop him from stripping off his shirt around lap 25 of HP08's swim, though, which perked her right up. Meeeeoooowwww...