I have never done anything so frightening in my life as jump off a diving board no more than 15 feet high. In my defense, this particular diving board had the capability of appearing to be, once one was at the edge, a gangplank more than 50 feet high from the water's surface.

...

Next time I go to a theme park, I'm going to try a rollercoaster.

Well. Even though I only managed it right as everyone was threatening to leave me and let me fail, I still technically beat -it-. But still. I was scared to death, and that really bothers me. Of course, "Just step off, and let gravity do the rest" wasn't all that reassuring either.

Still, I'll be damned if I let a big plastic board beat me.

*sigh* Anyway. I have all summer to work on conquering That Damned Diving Board. For now, I'll just be satisfied that I've passed everything for NAVR and move on to worrying about finals.

/swim_qual
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-_-