it wasn't a fluke

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            The snow and ice are gone from the sidewalks—only water here and there.  Now the workers are throwing the snow around so it will melt faster.  A terrific run today.  I broke 1 minute by 13 one-hundredths.  I was beginning to worry that I may have pushed the buttons on my watch incorrectly, and accidentally gave myself an undeserved record. 

Today’s result shows that I am capable of grand high achievements. 

            I may have hurt myself by holding my watch a couple seconds before the finish.  That may have added some time.  I may even have slowed down.  Since I made it faster than 1:01, I didn’t have to do all 16 flights of stairs.  This bonus let me climb the 6 flights faster, and set my record for this time by .27 seconds.

            Unfortunately, they sell the monthly passes at the pool for only a limited time, and we didn’t know this.  We didn’t go to buy our pass during this period, so they won’t get our membership.  This shows a huge difference between Russia and the US.  They don’t seem to care too much about making money.  I guess if it’s not their business, they don’t much care. Why not sell us a pass that will allow us to visit each of the four Saturdays in April?  Who are we hurting because we didn’t buy the membership during the right time?  Who knows?