<p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0366" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="350" alt="IMG_0366" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0366.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p><font size="2">I did it.&#160; I had my first swimming lesson this week.&#160; I was petrified.&#160; I tried finding ways to talk myself out of it.&#160; But the Boy and I have a huge motivation:&#160; we are going to South America in the fall.&#160; See, the Boy and I love to travel.&#160; It is our goal to see every country in the world together.&#160; The Boy really wanted a trip to South America and so did I.&#160; One small problem:&#160; I don’t know how to swim.&#160; I don’t mind lounging in a pool on a float – but putting my head under water.&#160; No,&#160; Breathing under water.&#160; Heck no.</font></p>  <p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0382" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="789" alt="IMG_0382" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0382.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p><font size="2">I wore a safari-inspired outfit to the lesson.&#160; I’m already planning my packing list for the trip – and this outfit will most certainly be accompanying me.&#160; I’m stretching my calves before my lesson.&#160;&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2">I have to know how to swim so I can swim with sea turtles and enjoy the water with the Boy.&#160; So I kept telling myself, just think of the sea turtles.</font></p>  <p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0383" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="947" alt="IMG_0383" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0383.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p><font size="2">I love the cargo colored skirt with the olive green belted shirt.&#160; And although my mother is fainting, I love wearing this shirt when it hasn’t been pressed.&#160; It looks so rugged.&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"></font></p>  <p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0389" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="789" alt="IMG_0389" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0389.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> I spotted Fergie, our resident spider.&#160; She’s spun a web that nearly spans the entire outside window.&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0385" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="789" alt="IMG_0385" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0385.jpg" width="525" border="0" /> </font></p>  <p><font size="2">Remember <em>Finding Nemo</em>?&#160; “Just keep swimming, swimming.”&#160;&#160; I suppose for Fergie the spider, it’s “Just keep spinning, spinning.”</font></p>  <p><font size="2">The lesson went really well.&#160; I learned to be comfortable completely submerged in the water.&#160; I learned to take air into my lungs, go under, breathe out, re-emerge, and sink again.&#160; It was scary, exhilarating, and so fun to train my body to do something new.&#160; I have a very patient and sweet coach.&#160; </font></p>  <p><font size="2"><img title="IMG_0392" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="789" alt="IMG_0392" src="http://ionlyweardresses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0392.jpg" width="525" border="0" /></font></p>  <p><font size="2">We are pretty lucky since we’ve travelled internationally almost every year we’ve dated.&#160; This year we’ll be going with the Boy’s parents – I was pretty nervous about this at first, but I’m super psyched now that I’ve hung out with them more!&#160; The Boy gets his easy-going ways from his mom – and his smile from his dad.&#160;&#160; And they are spoiling us on this trip.&#160;&#160;&#160; So I definitely don’t want to be the only person lingering on the boat while everyone is in the water!</font></p>  <p><font size="2">Stay tuned for more swimming fun – I can’t wait to tell you when I learn how to float!</font></p>