Getting My Last Swimming Diploma

Today was the day: I got my National Swimming Diploma C, the last of the three diplomas to reach the national swimming safety norms in The Netherlands. It’s been an incredible journey, and I’m very curious about what’s going to come from this. I started swimming lessons back in January, after enrolling for the third time. The previous times, there was a waiting list, so I kept postponing it. In April I got my Diploma A, in July my Diploma B, and that same month I also did the Zwem4daagse, where I swam 500 meters every day for four days. Since then, I’ve done all the lessons for Diploma C, and I’ve also swum 500 meters in a row without stopping. I’ve been going to the swimming pool every Monday, where I swim around a kilometer, and then having my lessons on Thursdays. National Swimming Diploma C I had not expected to get the last diploma within a year. It hasn’t even been a year: it’s been ten months, with vacations in the middle, so in practice it was much less than that. I’ve learned…