Butterfly Stroke: Bring it!

Swimming has basically been MY LIFE besides academia and student government since 2008. Recently I've had a little love/hate relationship with it because of how crazy my schedule has been. I think that all changed when FOUR things happened:
1. Bob: He might have the same name as Michael Phelps coach but he's actually a science professor at my school. Whenever I'm at the fitness center on campus aka HWAC he always says, "Dorothann time to get in the pool its swimming day!" This happens even when its NOT EVEN SWIMMING DAY and I'm just there for other activities. Talk about motivation: telling me to get my ass into the pool and swim like I was in the Olympics or running away from sharks in the Aegean Sea!
2. Being recruited for the U.S. Masters Swim team: Although I did swim masters at Steiner Aquatics center in 2010 recently I was recruited to swim at the Sports Mall on their team. I guess come summer 2013 after I'm outta Westminster I'll be swimming with old people again.
3. My internship: I never really thought I'd be teaching little kids to swim. A few months ago I secured an internship at this place called SwimKids. Besides graphic design work and advertising I'm learning a top secret way to teach kids how to swim by a person who's done it for 20 years.

4. Lifeguard Certification: Olympus was 5 YEARS AGO!!!! I'm getting lifeguard certified for my internship even though its not required. I only thought high schoolers got lifeguard certified to get people to get a date with them but I guess not. So as of March I'll be learning techniques on how to respond to aquatic emergencies and fend off guys who ATTEMPT to pull off the "sandlot" facade. P.S. all you single guys out there I'll gladly take your flirtatious attempts at taking a chance with a gorgeous girl like myself but for right now I'm going out with someone else.

I guess for all these reasons I should probably get back into the pool more often like a boss.

Relative look alikes...Generation Clash or Genetic Lottery?

I was getting a haircut from my cousin Desi the other day. At one point our conversation we were having led to a discussion about my Yia Yia (grandma) Dorothy, our namesake hence my name and my cousin's name. I told her that we look EXACTLY like her in terms of facial structure: eyes, nose, mouth, face shape, you name it! Desi was very surprised because she had never seen the pictures of them. Even the ones from when they had graduated from high school!
Although my Yia Yia has been deceased since 1982 and I have never met her, from the stories I have heard it seems like we've had similar life experiences: we grew up in the city, worked in a deli at a grocery store, had a car accident, dated a farm boy, etc. But there are a few differences too: I am finishing my college degree, I've been out of the U.S. twice, and I'm of a different generation along with other things too. I think that its crazy yet awesome at the same time how I have similar life experiences with people in my family I never met. It feels like there is a connection of some sort which makes me the person I am today.