Can you ride a Kangaroo?

As I continue my training I have been doing a bit of swimming...one of the better exercises as it does not repeatedly pound my 200 lbs frame on my feet like running does.  I enjoy swimming because I am not relaying on a machine such as a bike that could possibly break down.  Unless Archimedes was wrong, I think water will pretty much behave the same way all the time.

Swimming also has a lot in common with my chosen sport of running: it is usually a solo endeavor and I can paddle away lost in my own thoughts.  Of course therein lies my problem.  When I am running it is pretty easy to measure my accomplishment, even while daydreaming.  I'll be singing some little ditty in my head:

"G-L-A-M-O-R-U-S..." (because in my head, I'm quite the singer)

and look up and notice I am about 4 miles from my house...OK turn around here and it will be an eight miler.  Not really Archimedes' principle (I'm on an Archimedes kick today).

Swimming laps, however, goes more like this: 

"OK that was three, three, three, four coming up...burp, ooh what was that...what did I have for dinner last night.  Hmmm, OK that was two, two, two.  Wait that can't be right I've been here for 30 minutes and I'm only on two."

So I did a little bit of research and apparently I'm not the only one with ADD while swimming laps at 6 am.  Many people use letters because they are a little easier to remember than numbers.  I even read one post where people think of word in a category.  For example they did animals: first lap: A...anteater, aardvark, armadillo...you get the idea.  It was actually kind of fun.  It gave me something to think about during the endless procession of that black line at the bottom of the pool.

"OK now I will do modes of transportation:  First lap Automobile, Airplane, Air Balloon"

Well I cheated a little bit and it probably should have been a Hot Air Balloon but that was nothing like when I decided on lap K that you could indeed ride on a Kangaroo, so that could be a mode of transportation.

I've done foods (apple, bread...) and things around the house (armchair, breakfast nook...) as a matter of fact I find myself thinking of categories that I can do during my next swim.  I feel like a writer for Family Fued..."top five answers on the board..."  If you have any suggestions for a new category, by all means let me know.

I do sometimes miss the mindless daydreaming, but you'd be surprised at how much daydreaming you do while trying to think of a food that starts with a U.