In need of Oil
Today I put my car in for a service. It’d been a while since it had an oil change, sometime in 2008. It also needed new battery terminal wires – the old ones weren’t staying tightened any more, and were prone to just coming undone. Battery terminal wires just coming undone equals the same thing as a flat battery, no oomph at oil.
I dropped my car off at lunch time, and picked it up after work. The mechanic (who is new, and I theorize working his way into eventually owning the business from my other mechanic) gently chided me for not replacing my oil on a regular basis. Not doing this very minor service, he said, can end up damaging the car on an ongoing basis.
When I got into my car, and turned on the ignition, I immediately noticed the change. The car ran more smoothly, responded quicker, drove looser.
I couldn’t help but think about swimming.
I haven’t been for a good month or more, something seems to have come up every time. And yet still, the one time in the middle of all of the not getting theres, the one time I did go into the pool, the difference was immediate.
I felt more limber, looser, my brain and body responded quicker.
I need to try and fit the pool in, even if it’s only for a short stint. Even if it’s not on a night I usually have my class. Or get out of bed earlier, and swim laps for a half hour.
I’m in need of oil!
Link of the day Why Swimming is a Good Good Thing.
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