You KNOW You're a Swimmer When...

Saw this group on Facebook the other day - and had to laugh as I read some of the descriptions, especially after all the years I spent around or in a swimming pool while growing up... I won't include them all here, but here are some of the ones that I found the truest as well as the most amusing...

• If whenever you hear an electronic beep, and you instinctively jump, you might be a swimmer.
• If you have rings around your eyes unrelated to the amount of sleep you got, you might be a swimmer.
• If waking up before dawn to exercise seems normal, you might be a swimmer. (You might also be crazy)
• If bugs die of chlorine poisoning when they land on your skin, you might be a swimmer.
• If you sport long, curling hair with split ends on your legs, you might be a swimmer.
• If the phrase "This set with fins" is better than hearing "You just won $1000," you might be a swimmer.
• If you answer, "I don't need to" when someone asks when you showered last, you might be a swimmer.
• If you love a good lightning storm when you have outdoor practice, you might be a swimmer.
• When you learn how to squirt water 15 different ways, you might be a swimmer.

• If the first place you go when you're stressed out is a swimming pool, you might be a swimmer.
• If among your heroes are Janet, Jenny, or Amanda, or you know who I'm talking about, you might be a swimmer.
• If your daily apparel is held together by knots.
• If being fish-like is a compliment, you might be a swimmer.
• If your friends don't even call you anymore because they know that you have no time to do anything, you might be a swimmer.
• If you sweat chlorine even after showering, you might be a swimmer.
• If you just don't understand the charm of the swim suit edition, you might be a swimmer.
• If someone asks if you have any siblings and you start listing teammates, you might be a swimmer.
• If you cut yourself every time you shave, because you only do it 3 or 4 times a year and are out of practice, you might be a female swimmer.
• If you shamelessly walk around the hallways at school in your bathing suit, you might be a swimmer.

• If the person who sits behind you in you're math class always tells you that you reak of chlorine, you might be a swimmer.
• If land is your second home, you might be a swimmer.
• If you're stronger than many of the guys and all the girls in your grade, you might be a female swimmer.
• If you have to try on 30 shirts just to find one that fits your shoulders, you might be a female swimmer.
• If your hair remains in a wet ponytail throughout the day, you might be a swimmer.
• If when the life guard tryouts say you have to swim a 500 in less than 9 minutes you laugh, you might be a swimmer.
• If you have a permanent suit, goggle, and cap tan, you might be a swimmer.
• If all your saturday and friday nights are spent around water, you might be a swimmer.
• If you are at the school so early in the morning for practice that you beat the janitors there and the lights in the parking lot are off, you might be a swimmer.
• If a practice of only 5000 yards sounds like heaven to you, you might be a swimmer.
• If you practice 3 or more times a day during the summer, you might be a swimmer.
• If your used to taking a 2 minute shower and rushing to get dressed just to make it to class a minute after the tardy bell rings, you might be a female swimmer.
• If there are wet towels over every door in your house, you might be a swimmer.

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While our children aren't growing up on a swim team the way my sister and I did - while in Niger, they are most certainly growing up hanging out around the pool a lot more than your average kid!