Respect.

I may have completely lost any amount of respect that I had from my coworkers today. The creative department at my office (I'm in advertising, there's the "account team" and "creative team") all went out for a little "retreat" or team bonding or whatever you want to call it. We took the entire day off work and drove up to Lake Texoma to have some fun. Texoma is about an hour and a half north of Dallas. Me and a coworker rode together and we get there a little early. We're the first ones there... I'm a little excited because I love the lake! I love to ski and just relax by the water. The boat we were going to be spending the afternoon on was super nice - it had two bedrooms! I've never been on a boat this big before. Definitely not made for skiing but more for relaxing.

We're waiting for the others to arrive and the whole time I'm sitting on this boat in the slip at the dock and thinking "maybe I should get in and do a quick OWS workout". The water was nice and calm and not too hot. 20 minutes goes by and we're still waiting on the stragglers. I'm getting a little anxious. I don't sit and wait very well. If I'm at a lake I'm supposed to be riding on a boat or skiing - or swimming dammit!!

Finally everyone arrives, we all head out to this cove with a sandy beach area. We set up a picnic area and we're ready to chill. Even have a couple of coolers of beer. I don't want to be a total dud, so I have a beer. I'm still thinking about how calm the water is. I brought my swim suit, cap and goggles just in case I had time for a swim... I just couldn't take any longer. I suited up and got ready to go. I was embarrased because I thought my coworkers would think I'm a big ol' dork. You know, they don't understand us crazy triathletes. I decided that it didn't matter and went out anyways. It was a great swim too. I swam for about 25 minutes and got a decent workout in. Not too long though because I was a little self conscious about swimming with my coworkers around!! Luckily it's Friday so by the time Monday morning rolls around maybe they'll forget.