I took an online course, which had classes every Saturday morning over 10 weeks. This meant waking up early (classes started at 8am!) and missing out on sending the little one for swim class.
10 weeks later and I've completed my course, and this Saturday I happily brought the little one down when it was time for his swim class.
Swimming lessons went on as usual, while I caught up with some of my neighbours and had a nice chat. After the kids were done with class, I noticed that they ran from the baby pool to the medium pool. Unsupervised.
I started to panic and ran after them when I saw AC getting into the water. It's not safe!!!
However when I reached the medium pool, the kids were happily playing and jumping around in the water. Jumping? They were tall enough to touch the floor? When did that happen?
+3 and one of my other neighbour finally came over and he remarked that he was wondering why I ran over in such a panic. They had been watching the children every week and knew that the kids had progressed and grown tall enough to be comfortable in the medium pool. I hadn't known because I was stuck at home having zoom calls.
How things changed in 10 weeks!
One plus side of this is that now I can bring the little one down to the medium pool and not have to worry too much. Yes, of course I would still need to keep an eye (water safety to), but today when we were down in the pool, I managed to get a few laps in. Yay!
Anyway I've enjoyed my course, made new friends, and hopefully have a new skill that will be useful for me and my career. I'll still need lots and lots of practice but I have a good feeling about things.
