Backwards

Ok, so further to yesterday, I decided to try on my wetsuit. It took me an unusually long time to get it on and immediately I began to sweat. I kept thinking back to the the swimsuit clerk who said "you want it to fit like a second skin.....you want it fit like a second skin.....you want it..." Well it was fitting like a second skin and both my children immediately got excited and thought we were all going to go swimming.

After I explained to them the purpose of why I was wearing the wetsuit in the house, they began to take great interest. As I was lying on the floor with them, my son, Isaac tried to read the logo. At first I thought he was being funny, and sounding out the word IronMan in a backwards sorta way. Then I looked down at my wetsuit and realized that the word IronMan was backwards. Immediately I thought I got some shoddy product shipped to me from China and was angry that the sales clerk would have sold me the wetsuit with the logo printed backwards. I paid a freakin lot of money and it's not something that I can exactly return. I made up my mind that I was going to call the store when it opened and give them a piece of my mind.

So, I headed upstairs and was by this time soaked in sweat. I tugged and finally got the wetsuit off......and then......realized.......that I had it on inside out! Thank goodness I did not call the store, and thank goodness, I did not show up like this to my first triathalon. I know I am a newbie, but seriously!

Backwards seems to be a reoccuring theme with me. I can not recall if I revealed that in the last duathalon I put on my helmet backwards and lost time as a result. I have also been known to show up to spin class with my shorts on backwards, and once I even went to go run and realized I had two different running shoes on my feet.

Fortunately my voice of reason (Snags) has a brilliant idea for me tonight re: my helmet. I am going to put one of my daughter's stickers on the front (I chose a butterfly and flower). I may look kind of foolish but I think it will be a lot better than the embarassment that occured last week. As for the wetsuit, I now know that the logo really does say Ironman NOT namnorI.

Tonight I am very nervous once again, but am telling myself to suck it up. A friend of mine has just undergone a very trying and difficult day today, and has done so with courage and strength. She has given me inspiration in ways she will never know and for that I am eternally greatful. You know who you are, and this one tonight is for you my friend!