Ngazivocavoca NjengeMermaid futhi Impela Angizange Ngiyizonde

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Kwakuyisikhathi lapho ngigwinya amanzi echibi lapho ngabona khona ukuthi anginaso isikhathi sami se-Ariel. Echibini elifudumele ngosuku olubalele kodwa olubandayo-lwe-San Diego, ngazulazula nabanye besifazane abayisikhombisa begqoke imisila yezinhlanzi ekilasini lokuzilolonga nge-mermaid le-Hotel Del Coronado. Izinwele zami, engangizilungise zaba amagagasi olwandle ukuze zithole umphumela omkhulu we-mermaid, zaziconsa zimanzi futhi zinemibala ekhanda lami. Benginethemba lokuthi ngizoba nomusa njengo-Ariel, kepha kunalokho bengizulazula njengeqembu elihefuzela umoya ethekwini.

Ngizilolonga njalo futhi ngikhula ngibukela okwami I-Mermaid Encane I-VHS kuze kube yilapho itheyiphu igqoke mncane. Ngakho-ke lapho ngizwa ngesigaba seHerma Del Coronado sokuzivocavoca umzimba (i $ 25 yezivakashi; amaRandi ayi-10 amalungu e-The Del), mina kwadingeka ukubhalisa. Yethulwe ehlobo eledlule, isheshe yadubula yafika ezingeni lehlelo, nabesifazane bebhalisa izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kwamakilasi aseLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo ekuseni. I-splashfest yemizuzu engama-45 yakhelwe ukuvuselela isigaba se-Grandma's aerobics saminyaka eyizinkulungwane ngokuhlanganiswa kokubhukuda, i-core, i-cardio, nokuqeqeshwa kwamandla okuyinselelo eyenele yokukuzwisa ubuhlungu ngosuku olulandelayo. (I-P.S. Mermaid Toast Iyindlela Entsha Yokudla Kwasekuseni Enhle Ngokuhlanya Okufanele Uyizame.)

Ngenkathi ngamunye ethatha imisila yethu emgqeni wokhokho obumenyezelayo, u-emerald oluhlaza, igolide, okunsomi, ne-pink neon, umqeqeshi wethu, uVeronica Rohan, owadala ukuzivocavoca umzimba, wasiqinisekisa ukuthi imisila izofaka ama-cores ethu ngendlela ehluke ngokuphelele. Kodwa ukuthola umsila kulula ukusho kunokukwenza. U-Rohan uphakamise ukuthi sihlanganise ingxenye yeshubhu yomsila kuze kube yilapho sesikwazi ukushelela izinyawo zethu emaphikweni bese i-Velcro ibekwe endaweni ngokuphephile, bese sinyakazisa ingxenye yendwangu ehlanganisiwe iye phezulu phezu kwemilenze nezinqulu zethu. Ukuze sifeze lokhu, ngamunye wethu senza umnyakazo omuhle wokulala ngomhlane, ukuncela ngaphakathi, nokucwebezela okokusebenza okuqinile, okwakuzwakala sengathi sizama ukufaka uziphu ibhulukwe le-jean ekhuphukile kakhulu. Ngizwe i-Ursula enokuzidela kakhulu kune-litri Ariel.

Ngemuva kokuthi uRohan ehlanganise umculo, sonke sagxuma echibini. Ngazama ukugcina izinwele zami zomile, kodwa ukuzigcina ngiqondile nomsila wami kanye nesikhungo sami esisha samandla adonsela phansi kwaba nzima, futhi ngaziphonsa ngokuphelele. URohan uchaze ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuziqhubekisela phambili phambili ukwenza umgoqo womzimba-ngokuyisisekelo ukwehliswa okuhle kwamanzi ngaphansi kwentamo kuya emadolweni-ngakho-ke ngeke sizame ukusebenzisa imilenze yethu njengobuchopho bethu. Weqe ama-noodle echibini futhi wasicela ukuthi sibhukude ngezisu zethu senze indilinga ezungeze ichibi. Iminyaka yami yethimba lokubhukuda ebuntwaneni, nokwenza ukunyakaza okufanayo kovemvane, kwangidubula ngaya phambili ngejubane elikhulu ... ngaya kongena mermaid phambi kwami. Ngenhlanhla, akazange athukuthele, ngoba wayematasa eziqhubela ekhoneni lesiziba, lapho abambeka khona waba nenkinga yokujika, eshaya umsila wakhe ngaphezulu ngenhla.

Ngemuva kokuthi ngike ngapaka isisu, ngizama ukungatholi amanzi echibini okwesibili, satshelwa ukuthi siwele emhlane wethu. Senza umzimba ofanayo ukuzungeza ichibi-futhi ngokuphazima kweso ngase ngingena emanzini njengesidalwa sasolwandle sangempela. Ngiqhubeke ngazizwa ngifana ne-nymph njengoba besimi endaweni, ibhalansi yami yomsila ithuthuke kakhulu kusuka emizuzwini embalwa edlule. Senze i-triceps nama-biceps asebenza nge-noodle ngaphansi kwamanzi, siyiphakamisa futhi siyehlisa kancane ngokumelene nokumelana namanzi. (Enye imfashini echibini lokuzivocavoca elenza amagagasi? I-Aquacycling.)

Okulandelayo, bekuyisikhathi sokuphuma echibini lokuzivocavoca u-ab. Kulula ngokwanele, akunjalo? Ngijwayele ukuzifukula ngiphume eceleni kwe-pool ngezingalo ngize ngikwazi ukuguqa ngedolo, bese ngisebenzisa umzimba wami ongezansi ukuziphusha. Zama lokho ngomsila on! Kuyavela ukuthi ukuphela kwendlela yokuphuma echibini ukuthi uzicindezele phezulu ngezingalo zakho, bese uphephetha umsila wakho njengobuhlanya ukuze uzikhiphe emanzini ngokwanele ukugoqa isinqe sakho ukhombe ukhonkolo ngandlela-thile. Lokhu kuphinde kwabangela ukububula okuthile, abanye babuyela echibini, kanye nokuchaphazeka nokuhleka. Lapho sonke sesihlezi onqenqemeni, sayalwa ukuba siphakamise imisila yethu emanzini, futhi senza uchungechunge lokubamba nomsila, ngokuyisisekelo "Ukunyakaza kwe-100" engangikwenzile izikhathi ezingaba ngu-100 emakilasini ahlukahlukene e-Pilates. . Lesi sikhathi, nokho, besinzima kakhulu. Noma umsila omanzi cishe wawunesisindo esingaphansi kwamakhilogremu ama-5, kwakwanele kwesibali esiphikisayo ukwenza umnyombo wami usebenze kanzima kakhulu kunokujwayelekile.

Yize #mermaidfails yami, lapho imizuzu engu-45 iphelile, bengingafuni ukususa umsila wami ngiqale impilo emhlabeni owomile. Bengicabanga ukuthi ikilasi lizovele libe yisilima futhi libe mnandi, kepha empeleni bengikuzwa ukusha kwezingalo zami kusuka kubaphakeli abaphezulu nakumongo wami ekuzinzileni. (Kungenzeka ukuthi umnyombo wami nawo uphatheke kabi ngenxa yakho konke ukuhleka.) Kuyavela ukuthi, akukho okungashintsha ngokushesha iqembu lisuke kubantu engingabazi liye kodade njengokuba sengozini yokuzulazula ngobunqunu obuncane.

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