I'm still alive-ish

Hello my dear readers!

It has been a good long while since I have posted anything terribly significant on here. I have some good excuses for this, as my life has changed drastically in the past few months. (Africa to home to college)

You see, I am not the best at multi-tasking, and I have to say that my current phase of life is quite taxing time-wise.  (I am taking a few minutes to just quickly update)

I am now a real-deal college kid. I *was* a college kid before during high-school (as my current school insists that I'm a transfer student), but I was never an University student.

Now I am here at uni, and it is a wild ride.

I am currently taking Cultural Anthropology, Intro to Psychology, Engineering Chemistry, Intro to Nutrition, a required orientation class, and Whitewater Canoeing.

I must say, whitewater canoeing is the class I am so so so stoked about. There are only 9 other students in my class, which is a lovely change from the lecture halls of 200+ students.

There is one little hang-up: part of the swimming requirement for said PE is that I be able to swim at an intermediate level:

Tread water for 5 minutes, and swim 4 laps straight.

Now 4 laps sounds measly (I have friends who swim 25 as their workout), but you must know that I am not a lap-girl.
I can swim pretty well, I took swimming lessons back in the day, so I thought this lap-thing would be a walk in the park.
I lean towards being pretty physically fit, too. I mean, I bike and run on a pretty regular basis.  Nothing spectacular, but I have some endurance.

I decided to go to the pool yesterday to practice the swim test...no problem, right?

HA. I am such a land-dweller.

I DID swim 4 laps straight, but I was breathless afterwards.
You know that a lap is down the lane and back, right? 
200 yards does not sound like a long distance to swim, but oh, my muscles are not tuned to this swimming thing.
They're used to pounding pavement or biking.

I tacked on another 2 laps, noticed the time, and decided that I had better get to the pool and practice again pretty intensively ASAP.