My Scare at the Pool

Today I went to the rec center to do some lap swimming.  The pool was almost completely full when I got there.  About half way through my swim I realized that I was the only one left swimming.  At first I thought it was great; nice and quiet, nobody to see me so I didn't have to feel self-conscious about my terrible swimming.  However; on one of my laps, about half way across the pool, I thought I felt a wave push me a little bit to the side.  I figured there must be someone swimming in the lane next to me so I sort of looked around...still nobody but me.  My first thought was...."what if it was a shark?"  I immediately started frantically making my way to the side of the pool, all swimming technique forgotten.  It was a spluttering, dog paddling, clawing mess all the way to the wall.  When I got to the side I seriously considered getting out of the pool because I was so afraid.  The only reason I was able to finish my laps was because I thought church songs in my head the rest of the time.

Yes, I am an idiot.  But there are two pretty good explanations for my irrational fear:

1. I have regularly been watching episodes from Shark Week on the Discovery Channel
2. When I was little I watched a James Bond movie where the bad guy had a secret chamber in his pool that, if opened, released a man eating shark. I have had a hard time being alone in a pool ever since. 

Primary Fun

I taught sharing time in primary a couple weeks ago and asked the question: "What kinds of things do we do that might make it hard for us to hear the Holy Ghost?"

Senior Primary: "be mean to our families, not read our scriptures, fight with our friends...."

Junior Primary: "do drugs, drink alcohol, steal cars, hit animals...murder people". 

Yep, that oughta do it junior primary.