of scooting & swimming

i've been pondering this swimming that i am now allowed to do and i would like to know this - how am i supposed to get from the locker room to the pool? there is no good safe way to do this. without people staring holes in me. while i am hobbling on crutches. in a swimsuit. speedy suggested a device from elementary school p-e class which i believe is known as the "seat scooter". here is a picture of a helpful 1st grader demonstrating the seat scooter. back in the day when i was a 1st grader we did not have seat scooters. we had kickball and dodgeball and four-square and all these games were played with the same dull red rubber playground balls with the rough outside surface like they were embossed with little stars or something. that's all we had for reals and so when we could play outside we played kickball and four-square and when we were stuck inside we played dodgeball.

at any rate, speedy suggested the seat scooter, which i do not think is a very helpful suggestion. i could take my chances with walking out there, sans crutches, but that doesn't seem feasible. so, i could do crutches, barefoot, but that means leaving a $3freaking50 piece of boot-style equipment somewhere in the locker room which means bringing a lock. or, leaving the boot bel grande in the car. hmm... that's a real possibility.

the thinking is beginning to come together:
- come home.
- put on trisuit.
- go to rec center.
- leave boot in car. or at home.
- hobble in on crutches.
- enter pool room wearing shoe on usable foot.
- disrobe feet.
- scootle to poolside.
- slither in.

now, the only problem is getting back out! too bad i can't do that cool thing where you push up on your hands and turn around so your hind quarters lands on the poolside. yeah. all the cool kids could always do that. i would probably end up breaking another bone. sheesh.