swimming

my mum made me go swimming this week. i kept tellin her i can't swim, the last time i went swimming was........ well.... it was before uni, actualy i never went during my A-levels, so definately before my GCSE's. actualy, i don't think i've ever approached a pool of water with the intent of swimming in it! i mean i know how to swim, i've seen "the little mermaide", so i know how its done but i'm just not very strong.
But u know me, ill give anything a shot if only to fail at it miserably. And so, i struggled against the water, thrashing my legs wildly, panting hard and straining my neck to keep my head afloat and stop myself breathing in the chlorine water, swinging my arms continuously despite the lactic acid burns reaching one end of the pool, then the other! yes, i swam... 4 full lengths! WOOP! WOOP!