Here.

Went swimming in the lake last night with other members of my swimming class. I've lived here next to the lake for 15 and a half years and this is the first time I've been swimming there.

Lake swimming is so different than the pool. Can't see under water. And the taste and smell are so different, which of course I expected. But I didn't realize that even the buoyancy would feel different. Maybe it was just an illusion because the sight down into the water was limited, so it just felt like I was deeper.

I started with the front crawl because that's most of what I'm doing in the pool, but I was struggling with putting my face into that green water, so I switched to the back stroke. Coming back toward the dock, though, I had the sun in my eyes and had to force myself to turn around and do the front crawl. I eventually got over the face in the green water thing - more or less.

There were a bunch of drunk kids on the dock which made me uncomfortable. I suspect that isn't uncommon at that beach, so I probably won't go there much.